spokesman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man.
Meanings
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One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
Libyan war planes on Sunday sank one ship and attacked a second vessel near the eastern city of Benghazi, military spokesmen for the country's internationally recognized government said on Monday.
2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters:President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.
2019, VOA Learning English, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2019:One study of popular escapistic communications indicates that the recipients regarded the heroes and spokesmen as "trustworthy models and guides."
1959, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Hearings:Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.
2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spokesmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
spokesbabe · spokesmanship · spokesbear · spokesmanly
Hypernyms
Translations (51)
ro purtător de cuvânt (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · fr porte-parole (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · da talsperson (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · hu szóvivő (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · pl rzecznik (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · de Wortführer (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · uk ре́чник (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sh portparol (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · fi tiedottaja (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · kmr berdevk (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · mi wahakōrero (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · ba вәкил (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · nn talsperson (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sv talesman (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · cmn 發言人 /发言人 (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · pt porta-voz (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sk zástupca (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · nl woordvoerder (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sv talesperson (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · nn talsmann (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · be прадстаўнік (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sh гласногово̀рнӣк (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · nb talsmann (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · bg говори́тел (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · be спі́кер (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · hy խոսնակ (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sk hovorca (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · da talskvinde (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · it portavoce (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · uk спі́кер (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · et pressiesindaja (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · he דּוֹבֵר (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · es vocero (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · ru спи́кер (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · da talsmand (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · cs mluvčí (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sh портпарол (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · ru представи́тель (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · fi puhetorvi (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sh glasnogovòrnīk (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · es portavoz (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · nl zegsman (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · ig asogwa (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · fi edustaja (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · nb talsperson (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · fi äänitorvi (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sl predstavnik (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · de Sprecher (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · sw msemi (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · eo proparolanto (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) · tr sözcü (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people)