adman

American  

[ad-man, -muhn] / ˈædˌmæn, -mən /

noun

plural

admen

1. Also called advertising man.  one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.

2. a printer or compositor who specializes in setting advertisements.

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adman British  

/ ˈædˌmæn, -mən /

noun

1. informal a person who works in advertising

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Etymology

Origin of adman

1905–10; ad ¹ + man or -man

Example Sentences

British "adman" Rory Sutherland, who has spent 37 years in the heart of the advertising world, currently as vice-chairman of Ogilvy, fully approves of the Waleses' approach to striking a more modern tone.

From BBC

And for decades he did — so brilliantly that his place in pop culture may last longer than his adman innovations.

From Los Angeles Times

Warhol wasn’t merely a successful Madison Avenue adman and an emerging fine artist; as an active homosexual, he was also a criminal.

From Los Angeles Times

With the vote to amend the city’s noise ordinances, Minneapolis would become the first major American city to allow all five broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer, or adman.

From Washington Times

Mr. Reed, part of an old-school breed of political admen who reveled in writing their own scripts, considered the Republican pollster Arthur Finkelstein, whom he met early in his career, a mentor.

From New York Times