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linkman

British  
/ ˈlɪŋkmən /

noun

  1. a presenter of a television or radio programme, esp a sports transmission, consisting of a number of outside broadcasts from different locations

  2. another word for linkboy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I expected, I think, to see the dreaded figure of the linkman.

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Now, if it hadn't been for Fanny, I—Where's that linkman?

From Voces Populi by F. Anstey

I am stopping the way, and the linkman is getting quite excited over it.'

From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by F. Anstey

Then a linkman in half armor strode across the summit, lighting the way for a figure, also in black, which at once claimed Mirza's gaze.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace

So that it sometimes happened the dead-carts were found without driver, linkman, or bell-man.

From Royalty Restored by J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald) Molloy

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