Spokesman
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
"One study of popular escapistic communications indicates that the recipients regarded the heroes and spokesmen as "trustworthy models and guides.""
- 2 a male spokesperson wordnet
Example
More examples"The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape."
Etymology
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man.
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