spokesman (noun)

  • 1spokesman — UK US /ˈspəʊksmən/ US  /ˈspoʊks / noun [C] (plural spokesmen) MARKETING ► a man who acts as a spokesperson: »The spokesman repeated the company s claim that it was not to blame for the accident …

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  • 2spokesman — I noun advocate, agent, ambassador, attorney, auctor, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, go between, interlocutor, mediary, mediator, messenger, mouthpiece, negotiator, patronus, plenipotentiary, prolocutor, representative, speaker,… …

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  • 3spokesman, spokeswoman — noun Spokesman, spokeswoman is used after these nouns: ↑ambulance, ↑coalition, ↑company, ↑department, ↑embassy, ↑environment, ↑government, ↑ministry, ↑opposition, ↑palace, ↑police, ↑ …

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  • 4spokesman — (or spokeswoman) ► NOUN ▪ a person who makes statements on behalf of a group …

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  • 5spokesman — noun Etymology: probably irregular from spoke, obsolete past participle of speak Date: 1537 a person who speaks as the representative of another or others often in a professional capacity • spokesmanship noun …

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  • 6spokesman — noun One who speaks as the voice of a group of people. Syn: spox, spokesperson …

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  • 7spokesman, spokeswoman — ▶ noun SPOKESPERSON, representative, agent, mouthpiece, voice, official; informal spin doctor …

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  • 8spokesman */*/*/ — UK [ˈspəʊksmən] / US [ˈspoʊksmən] noun [countable] Word forms spokesman : singular spokesman plural spokesmen UK [ˈspəʊksmən] / US [ˈspoʊksmən] a male spokesperson …

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  • 9spokesman — 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,… …

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  • 10spokesman — (= spokeswoman), noun he s the spokesman for our athletics program Syn: spokesperson, representative, agent, mouthpiece, voice, official; informal spin doctor, PR person …

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