spokesman

pronunciation

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Noun:

a male spokesperson

Word Origin

spokesman (n.): 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) + man (n.). Perhaps on analogy of craftsman. Spokeswoman is from 1650s; spokesperson is from 1972; spokesmodel is attested from 1990.

Synonym

n.

lawyer negotiator mediator pleader mouthpiece arbitrator rep advocate representative counsellor messenger intercessor agent intermedium tool spokesperson solicitor voice go-between counsel intermediary elected counsellor-at-law referee delegate appointed deputy instrument P.R. person middleman intermediator press proxy spokeswoman barrister

n.

salutatorian moderator orator chair chairwoman reciter chairman lecturer silver-tongued interlocutor valedictorian rhetorician speaker keynoter spellbinder devil addresser talker declaimer elocutionist foreman speechmaker smooth-talker stumper salesman saleswoman announcer prolocutor

Example

1. The government spokesman said the investigation of pang is continuing .

2. Gm spokesman tom henderson said the company isn 't focusing on the race with toyota .

3. A goldman spokesman declined to comment .

4. A google spokesman declined to comment .

5. A facebook spokesman declined to comment .

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