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newscaster

noun

  1. fictional character from Son of Flubber
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English newscast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English newscaster From newscast + -er.

  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. ..."