newscaster
nounattested in dialogue
One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.
noun
- 1
One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.
Take Linda, a thirty-nine-year-old newscaster who relished her career but began to hear the alarm ringing on her biological clock.
Yet, a few US newscasters will go on the air at 6 pm or later and say, "Moscow said tonight.["] ... A careful writer would make his script read, "Moscow said today. ..."
It is still considered embarrassing if people in authority like teachers or newscasters “shrub.”
Etymology
From newscast + -er.
Forms
- plural
- newscasters
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