Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who speaks on behalf of another or others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who speaks for another or others; an advocate; a representative.
- noun One who or that which speaks; one who is able to speak.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who speaks for another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
speaks as the voice of a group of people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male spokesperson
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A label spokesman wouldn't comment, but Rocket Man's tepid output speaks for itself.
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A label spokesman says, "Nina began training at the beginning of September."
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A label spokesman says, "Nina began training at the beginning of September."
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A label spokesman says, "Nina began training at the beginning of September."
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Joel Sawyer, Mark Sanford's former spokesman, is seen here behind the governor in June.
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“And do you really think that an ideology whose primary spokesman is Rush Limbaugh is NOT simplistic?”
Bubbles and Macroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) – Russia will allow the United States to ship weapons across its air space to Afghanistan, Kremlin spokesman Alex Pavlov said Friday.
Kremlin: U.S. can ship weapons across Russia to Afghanistan 2009
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And do you really think that an ideology whose primary spokesman is Rush Limbaugh is NOT simplistic?
Bubbles and Macroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As for Canadians of Palestinian origin, who have not as yet had a "P" stamped in their passports by Foreign Affairs, a spokesman is wearily aware of the Harper government's malevolent indifference:
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Penguin spokesman Yvonne Hunter confirmed the news.
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