spokesman

[ spohks-muhn ]
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noun,plural spokes·men.
  1. a person who speaks for another or for a group.

  2. a public speaker.

Origin of spokesman

1
1510–20; spoke1 (irregular as noun) + 's1 + -man

usage note For spokesman

See -man.

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How to use spokesman in a sentence

  • The selectmen, as spokesmen for the inhabitants, therefore inquired of Howe what his intentions were.

    The Siege of Boston | Allen French
  • This contention of the leisure-class spokesmen of the humanities seems to be substantially sound.

  • The other of the spokesmen was a Jew of Gibraltar, a tolerably well-bred person, who spoke English very fluently.

    Eothen | A. W. Kinglake
  • In the history of literature and thought it is given to but very few writers thus to become the spokesmen of a whole people.

  • The double-basses and solo barytone are the spokesmen for the tuneful host.

    How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. | Henry Edward Krehbiel

British Dictionary definitions for spokesman

spokesman

spokesperson (ˈspəʊksˌpɜːsən) or feminine spokeswoman (ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən)

/ (ˈspəʊksmən) /


nounplural -men, -persons, -people or -women
  1. a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization

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