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  • noun Plural form of anchorman.

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Examples

  • The anchormen were the pivot points of American culture and that just doesn't exist right now and whether it's Roberts or anyone else the network nightly newscasts do not even command the bulk of the audience every day now.

    CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2004 2004

  • Slate, this isn't exactly true: there were earlier "anchormen" on television, even if they didn't play quite the same coordinating role as Cronkite and his emulators.

    Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition 2009

  • True, Olbermann and Patrick would also make plenty of references to pop culture, but the references came across as charmingly haughty, as if the anchormen were showing us that they had interests that extended beyond the court or field.

    The Enthusiast 2010

  • "It was definitely a lot different having more of us girls than there are anchormen," Heatherton said of Friday's appearance.

    Victoria's Secret Model Talks 'Strange' 'Fox & Friends' Appearance (VIDEO, PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2010

  • Along with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley on NBC, Mr. Cronkite was among the first celebrity anchormen.

    Walter Cronkite -- 1916-2009 2009

  • True, Olbermann and Patrick would also make plenty of references to pop culture, but the references came across as charmingly haughty, as if the anchormen were showing us that they had interests that extended beyond the court or field.

    The Enthusiast 2010

  • "It was definitely a lot different having more of us girls than there are anchormen," Heatherton said of Friday's appearance.

    Victoria's Secret Model Talks 'Strange''Fox & Friends' Appearance (VIDEO, PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • "It was definitely a lot different having more of us girls than there are anchormen," Heatherton said of Friday's appearance.

    Victoria's Secret Model Talks 'Strange''Fox & Friends' Appearance (VIDEO, PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2010

  • "It was definitely a lot different having more of us girls than there are anchormen," Heatherton said of Friday's appearance.

    Victoria's Secret Model Talks 'Strange''Fox & Friends' Appearance (VIDEO, PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • True, Olbermann and Patrick would also make plenty of references to pop culture, but the references came across as charmingly haughty, as if the anchormen were showing us that they had interests that extended beyond the court or field.

    The Enthusiast 2010

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