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anchorwoman

noun

Etymology

From anchor(man) + -woman.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as anchorman — “anchor + man”
  7. suffixed as anchorwoman — “anchorman + woman”

Definitions

  1. A female anchorperson.

  2. The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA