spokesman
[ spohks-muh n ]
/ ˈspoʊks mən /
noun, plural spokes·men.
a person who speaks for another or for a group.
a public speaker.
RELATED WORDS
deputy, spokesperson, mediator, agent, spokeswoman, delegate, representative, champion, prophet, mouthpiece, protagonist, mouth, talker, speaker, substitute, prolocutor
Nearby words
- spoke,
- spoke-dog,
- spoken,
- spoken for,
- spokeshave,
- spokesmodel,
- spokesperson,
- spokeswoman,
- spokewise,
- spolia opima
Origin of spokesman
Usage note
See -man.
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spokesman
spokesperson (ˈspəʊksˌpɜːsən) or feminine spokeswoman (ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən)
/ (ˈspəʊksmən) /
noun plural -men, -persons, -people or -women
a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization
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spokesman
1510s, "an interpreter," 1530s in the sense of "person who speaks for another or others." Irregular formation from spoke, past tense of speak (actually a back-formation from spoken). Spokeswoman is from 1650s; spokesperson is from 1972. Spokesmodel is attested from 1990.
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