spokesman

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  1. noun A man who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man.

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  • Justin was acting as their spokesman, and Royce was so pleased with this turn of events that he almost laughed. —  Garwood, Julie - The Prize
  • Mohamad spoke long to them, but speaking mildly makes them imagine that the spokesman is afraid of them. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873
  • When the spokesman was asked to comment on the thousands of Palestinians killed and injured he did not comment, which offered evidence, in Arabs eyes, of the United States 'role as a major sponsor of Israeli state terrorism. —  Countercurrents.org
  • Besides having the first Taiwan Superidol Gao Yaxin as their spokesman, the clinic thought of the idea of using fresh looking nurses and pretty doctors as their promotion tools. —  Japundit - Published news
  • M.D., spokesman, the Skin Cancer Foundation, and associate clinical professor of dermatology, —  BusinessWeek.com --
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Probably spoke, past participle of speak + man.

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  1. from spoke's, genitive of *spoke, variant of speech (Anglo-Saxon spǣc, sprǣc), + man.
 

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/ˈspoʊksmən/
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