spokesman, spokeswoman

spokesman, spokeswoman
noun
Spokesman, spokeswoman is used after these nouns: ↑ambulance, ↑coalition, ↑company, ↑department, ↑embassy, ↑environment, ↑government, ↑ministry, ↑opposition, ↑palace, ↑police, ↑press, ↑transport, ↑union

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  • spokesman — I spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. voice, mouthpiece; front, figurehead; representative, go between, proxy, agent, delegate, advocate. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spokesperson, spokeswoman,… …   English dictionary for students

  • spokeswoman — I spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. voice, mouthpiece; front, figurehead; representative, go between, proxy, agent, delegate, advocate. See speech. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who speaks… …   English dictionary for students

  • Spokesman — A spokesman (spokeswoman or spokesperson) is someone engaged to speak on behalf of others.The term spokesperson , invented to replace the conventional spokesman , is a typical example of a gender neutral neologism.In the present media sensitive… …   Wikipedia

  • spokesman — 1510s, an interpreter, 1530s in the sense of person who speaks for another or others. Irregular formation from spoke, past tense of SPEAK (Cf. speak) (actually a back formation from spoken). Spokeswoman is from 1650s; spokesperson is from 1972.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • spokesman — (= spokeswoman), noun he s the spokesman for our athletics program Syn: spokesperson, representative, agent, mouthpiece, voice, official; informal spin doctor, PR person …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • spokesman — (or spokeswoman) ► NOUN ▪ a person who makes statements on behalf of a group …   English terms dictionary

  • spokesman — Synonyms and related words: adviser, agent, announcer, annunciator, authority, champion, channel, communicant, communicator, connection, debater, declaimer, delegate, demagogue, deputy, enlightener, expert witness, front, front man, go between,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • spokeswoman — spokes|wom|an [ˈspəuksˌwumən US ˈspouks ] n plural spokeswomen [ ˌwımın] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: spokes (as in spokesman) + woman] a woman who has been chosen to speak officially for a group, organization, or government …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • spokesman — (or spokeswoman) noun (plural spokesmen or spokeswomen) a person who makes statements on behalf of a group. Origin C16: formed irregularly from spoke2, on the pattern of words such as craftsman …   English new terms dictionary

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