the primary reporter on a news television broadcast
anchorperson in American English
(ˌæŋkərˌpɜrsən)
noun
a person who anchors a newscast
anchorperson in American English
(ˈæŋkərˌpɜːrsən)
noun
(in radio and television)
a man or woman who anchors a program of news, sports, etc.; anchor
Word origin
[1970–75; anchor(man) + -person]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: New Age, consciousness-raising, good old boy, postmodernism, stress test-person is a combining form of person, replacing in existing compound words such paired, gender-specific forms as -man and -woman or -er and -ess. Other words that use the affix -person include: chairperson, salesperson, waitperson