adwoman

American  

[ad-woom-uhn] / ˈædˌwʊm ən /

noun

PLURAL

adwomen

1. a woman whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.

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Sensitive Note

See woman.

Example Sentences

Peggy Olson, the striving adwoman on the make, has recently been taken up as the patron saint of quitters.

From New York Times

An adman and an adwoman fight over a dummy account and wind up in bed together.

From Los Angeles Times

An adwoman’s lawyer boyfriend tries to prove that Macy’s Santa Claus is the real thing.

From Los Angeles Times

The poor priest and the sharp-elbowed adwoman make an unlikely couple, to say the least, but ultimately the book is more interested in affairs of the soul than of the heart.

From Slate

If Knotts and her husband had their way, she would set aside being adwoman and work full time as a mom.

From Time Magazine Archive