publicist

[ puhb-luh-sist ]

/ ˈpʌb lə sɪst /

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noun

a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.

an expert in current public or political affairs.

an expert in public or international law.

RELATED WORDS

agent

Nearby words

public-service corporation, public-spirited, publican, publication, publication date, publicist, publicity, publicize, publicly, publicness, publish

Origin of publicist

From German, dating back to 1785–95; see origin at public, -ist

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Examples from the Web for publicist

But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And with that, a publicist swoops in and announces that our time is up.
Christoph Waltz on Bond, Burton, and Channeling His Inner Darkness|Marlow Stern|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this year, his publicist dismissed one of the stories as “discredited.”
How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account|Scott Porch|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[The publicist] said that the shoot really gave [Madonna] confidence.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings|Justin Jones|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I sent his publicist a galley of the book after it was finished.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters|Scott Porch|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the whole he is as inferior to Burke as a publicist, as he is superior to him as a metaphysician.
The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2|Friedrich Schlegel
What sort of figure as a publicist or inspired political writer would a man like Croker cut at this end of the century?
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879|Various
This famous archæologist and publicist has been a leading authority on the eastern side of the Adriatic for more than forty years.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1|Henry Baerlein
This may be said to be the view of the publicist or legalist.
The Deaf|Harry Best
German lawyer and publicist, councillor at the Court of Justice at Berlin in 1843.
Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino|Duchesse De Dino

British Dictionary definitions for publicist

publicist

/ (ˈpʌblɪsɪst) /

noun

a person who publicizes something, esp a press or publicity agent

a journalist

rare a person learned in public or international law

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