linkman

noun

Definition of linkmannext
British
as in announcer

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  1. announcer
  2. broadcaster
  3. commentator
  4. journalist
  5. anchorman
  6. reporter
  7. correspondent
Noun
  • Warnings were issued throughout the game on the scoreboard at Acrisure Bounce House Stadium and from the public address announcer and security was dispatched throughout the stadium to remove individuals participating in those chants.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • There was a tribute to 650 WSM AM’s Bill Cody, the gala’s longtime announcer, who died in June.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of announcer
Noun
  • In a report aired by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, Beijing said Japanese ships and aircraft repeatedly shadowed the Liaoning group during far-sea training in June.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu described the Channel 12 report as nonsense during an appearance on another broadcaster, Channel 14.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of broadcaster
Noun
  • Israeli political commentator Amit Segal also cautioned against assuming the allegations would lead to the cancellation of election results.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Amit Segal, a political commentator for Channel 12 who is deeply influential on the right, on Tuesday tried to brush off Arab voters’ electoral potential.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of commentator
Noun
  • The essay convinced me that Woodward stopped being a journalist after his great work with Carl Bernstein during the Watergate fiasco.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That would be Linda Godfrey, the Janesville, Wisconsin, journalist and cryptozoologist (the study of improbable animals) who died at 71 in 2022.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • In 1967, Ruddle switched to WMAQ-TV, NBC 5 as a reporter, working with anchorman Floyd Kalber.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Maury Povich has lived many lives — radio news reporter, anchorman, talk show host, podcast entrepreneur, husband of Connie Chung.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of anchorman
Noun
  • When the casting was announced, a reporter suggested to Roddenberry that by the 24th century, in a time of faster-than-light starships, surely humankind would have found a cure for male pattern baldness, no?
    — Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Reid will serve as the news outlet’s chief White House reporter, the latest addition to MS NOW’s journalistic ranks since its split from Comcast nearly a year ago.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • Wu plays Katie Buranek, a war correspondent for the fictional Voltstreem News.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Illustration by Jeffrey Smith On June 4, 1952, Ernest Hemingway stood at his typewriter at Finca Vigía, his home outside Havana, and wrote to one of his favorite correspondents, Harvey Breit, of the Times Book Review.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of correspondent
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