Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A man who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who speaks for another or others; an advocate; a representative.
- n. One who or that which speaks; one who is able to speak.
Wiktionary
- n. One who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who speaks for another.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a male spokesperson
Etymologies
- From spoke, past participle of speak + man (Wiktionary)
- Probably spoke, past participle of speak + man. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A label spokesman wouldn't comment, but Rocket Man's tepid output speaks for itself.”
“A label spokesman says, "Nina began training at the beginning of September.”
“MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) – Russia will allow the United States to ship weapons across its air space to Afghanistan, Kremlin spokesman Alex Pavlov said Friday.”
“As for Canadians of Palestinian origin, who have not as yet had a "P" stamped in their passports by Foreign Affairs, a spokesman is wearily aware of the Harper government's malevolent indifference:”
“Penguin spokesman Yvonne Hunter confirmed the news.”
“Joel Sawyer, Mark Sanford's former spokesman, is seen here behind the governor in June.”
““And do you really think that an ideology whose primary spokesman is Rush Limbaugh is NOT simplistic?””
Bubbles and Macroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“And do you really think that an ideology whose primary spokesman is Rush Limbaugh is NOT simplistic?”
Bubbles and Macroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Yet again, the supermarkets failed to turn up to answer the complaints and instead put forward a spokesman from the British Retail Consortium.”
“Former Army Staff Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany, a post traumatic stress disorder advocate and spokesman, is at home in Denver Colo.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spokesman’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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INTERP - sexist language
Problematic and recommended terms according to the EP's guide on gender neutral language use
gender-neutral la..., biased, discriminatory, demeaning, political correct..., gender equality, gender neutrality, sexist language, masculine gender, inclusive form, generic form, discriminate agai... and 103 more...
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Speak or bespoken
speak, spoke, spoken, bespoke, speak up, spoken for, spokesperson, outspoken, loudspeaker, unspeakable, spokesfish, spokescat and 26 more...
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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newspaper names
Feel free to combine these in any way to create your own newspaper. Use lots of hyphens! (And yes, these are all used at real newspapers.)
times, union, post, dispatch, outlook, star, news, courier, herald, advertiser, daily, eagle and 178 more...
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Another day, a whole nother list
rump, spot on, flank, outflank, rank, bedeck, leafhopper, apocope, academic, set-to, point of no return, cloy and 210 more...
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