newscaster en · NOUN
Etymology
From newscast + -er.
Meanings
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One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.
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. ..."
1997, Mervin Block, Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger, →ISBN, page 154:Take Linda, a thirty-nine-year-old newscaster who relished her career but began to hear the alarm ringing on her biological clock.
1994, Rugh Winter, Bonnie Eaker-Weil, Adultery, the Forgivable Sin:It is still considered embarrassing if people in authority like teachers or newscasters “shrub.”
2019 April 19, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, “Harro! I shrub because, really, I have no otherwise, do I?”, in The East African, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| newscasters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (36)
ca presentador de notícies (one who delivers the news) · de Nachrichtensprecher (one who delivers the news) · pl prowadzący (one who delivers the news) · ru ди́ктор (one who delivers the news) · de Nachrichtensprecherin (one who delivers the news) · pt apresentadora (one who delivers the news) · pt apresentador (one who delivers the news) · cy darlledwraig newyddion (one who delivers the news) · ja ニュースキャスター (one who delivers the news) · id pewara berita (one who delivers the news) · et diktor (one who delivers the news) · id pembawa berita (one who delivers the news) · my သတင်းကြေညာသူ (one who delivers the news) · ru телекоммента́тор (one who delivers the news) · hu hírolvasó (one who delivers the news) · fr présentatrice (one who delivers the news) · ca presentadora de notícies (one who delivers the news) · fr présentateur (one who delivers the news) · ru веду́щий (one who delivers the news) · sv nyhetsuppläsare (one who delivers the news) · ko 뉴스 캐스터 (one who delivers the news) · ur ناشر اخبار (one who delivers the news) · ro prezentator (one who delivers the news) · hu bemondó (one who delivers the news) · ru телеведу́щий (one who delivers the news) · pl prezenter (one who delivers the news) · hu tévébemondó (one who delivers the news) · cy darlledwr newyddion (one who delivers the news) · ka დიქტორი (one who delivers the news) · id penyiar berita (one who delivers the news) · pl prezenterka (one who delivers the news) · bg говорител (one who delivers the news) · cmn 新聞主播 /新闻主播 (one who delivers the news) · fi uutistenlukija (one who delivers the news) · pl prowadząca (one who delivers the news) · ms penyampai berita (one who delivers the news)