anchorman

[ ang-ker-man, -muhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural an·chor·men [ang, -ker-men, -m, uh, n].

anchorman

/ ˈæŋkəmæn /

sport the last person in a team to compete, esp in a relay race
Also calledanchorpresenter (in broadcasting) a person in a central studio who links up and maintains contact with various outside camera units, reporters, etc

Is anchorman gender-neutral? See -man.

First recorded in 1910–15 anchorman fordef 1; 1955–60 anchorman fordef 2; anchor + -man

See, my beverage preference was always more Anchorman than James Bond.

From Ozy

He affected an anchorman finesse in apologizing for “past mistakes” as a Ku Klux Klan leader.

My intention is to make it with the same approach as Anchorman 2.

We learned so much on how to make these comedy sequels when we did anchorman 2.

We shot our Anchorman sequel for 50 million and all made a lot of money.

He then referenced the film Anchorman: “I personally have many leather-bound books, and my house smells of rich mahogany.”

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