What does spokesman mean?

Definitions for spokesman
ˈspoʊks mənspokesman

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spokesmannoun

    a male spokesperson

Wiktionary

  1. spokesmannoun

    One who speaks as the voice of a group of people.

  2. Etymology: From spoke, past participle of speak + man

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Spokesmannoun

    One who speaks for another.

    Etymology: spoke and man.

    ’Tis you that have the reason.
    —— To do what?
    —— To be a spokesman from madam Silvia. William Shakespeare.

    He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. Ex. iv. 16.

Wikipedia

  1. spokesman

    A spokesperson, spokesman, or spokeswoman, is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.

ChatGPT

  1. spokesman

    A spokesman is a person who speaks on behalf of a group, organization, or institution, often providing information to the public or media. This person is typically responsible for communicating the official stance or perspective on various topics or issues.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spokesmannoun

    one who speaks for another

  2. Etymology: [Speak, spoke + man.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Spokesman

    spōks′man, n. one who speaks for another, or for others, an advocate.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'spokesman' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2515

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'spokesman' in Nouns Frequency: #1071

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spokesman in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spokesman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of spokesman in a Sentence

  1. James Clapper:

    So this is simply affirmation, confirmation of what has already been said both by Director Wray of the FBI and Bill Evanina, who is director of the National National Counterintelligence and Security Center and Security Center, who is kind of the nominal spokesman for election interference on behalf of the director of national intelligence.

  2. Steven Alter:

    I resolutely deny any connection between the killing and Russian officialdom. everything further that Russian President Vladimir Putins spokesman can read in media reports is, in my evaluation and in the evaluation of Germanys Interior Ministry, speculation at the moment.

  3. Hillary Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon:

    Donald Trump, though, noted that a key figure in the piece, a former girlfriend, subsequently accused the Times of taking her words out of context, as Donald Trump tried to turn the focus back to the Clintons. In response, Hillary Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told FoxNews.com the campaign does not plan to debate the 1990s. These are attempts by Donald Trump and Donald Trump operatives to draw Hillary Clinton into decades-old allegations.

  4. Ulrich Sopart:

    Ulrich Sopart, a police spokesman in the city, told CNN.'' Our hopes are that some people might have been registered as missing twice or even three times -- if for example a family member, a work colleague or a friend has registered a person as missing.

  5. David Gauke:

    Sometimes there is a point where Labour Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer have to judge between Labour Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer own personal interests and the national interest, and the national interest has to come first, but I hope it doesn't come to that.

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