anchor:

(plural: ‘anchors‘; also ‘anchorman’ for a man and ‘anchorwoman’ for a woman, and ‘anchorperson’ for a man or woman; pronunciation: the letters ‘ch’ are said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)

Note: words and phrases such as ‘news presenter’ and ‘newsreader’ are also used to refer to a TV anchor who presents ‘news’ on TV.  And some people use ‘news reporter’ to refer to a ‘news anchor’ and vice versa.

a TV anchor

a presenter of a news programme and any special programme on radio or TV;

a person (or thing) that gives stability in a situation;

a sportsperson, a member of a team, who is placed at the last leg of a relay race or the last position in a tug-of-war game,

an anchor, the last player of a side in a tug of war game

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An anchor’s job involves not only reading the text at a newscast but also prepare news items for their programmes.

A news anchor may get about thirty to fifty thousand US dollars, but some favourite anchors get as much as one fifty thousand US dollars per year.

an anchor, a device used to keep a boat or ship from drifting away while at sea

A more common meaning is ‘a double-hooked device with a long chain tied at one end’ dropped into the water in order to keep a boat or ship from drifting away, e.g. “The Captain of the ship order the anchor to be dropped so that the sailors can have some fun at the pubs of the port.” and ” To weigh the anchor”, on the other hand, is an expression that means ‘to pull up/heave the anchor so that the boat or ship can sail again’.

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