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spokes⋅man

  [spohks-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men.
1. a person who speaks for another or for a group.
2. a public speaker.
Origin:
1510–20; spoke 1 (irreg. as n.) + 's 1 + -man

Usage note:
See -man.
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spokes·man   (spōks'mən)   
n.  A man who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man.

[Probably spoke, past participle of speak + man.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

spokesman 
1519, "an interpreter," 1540 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). Spokeswoman is from 1654; spokesperson is from 1972. Spokesmodel is attested from 1990.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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