advance man

or ad·vance·man

[ ad-vans-man, ‐-vahns‐ ]

noun

1. advance ( def 27b ).

advance man

noun

1. an agent of a political candidate or other public figure who travels in advance of the candidate to organize publicity, arrange meetings, and make security checks

Word History and Origins

Origin of advance man¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

After leaving the business for roughly a decade when she had children, Ms. Wiles established herself as one of the party’s go-to strategists in northeastern Florida, alongside her former husband, Lanny Wiles, a veteran Republican advance man.

From New York Times

He launched his political career in Florida, as an advance man on Ronald Reagan’s unsuccessful 1976 presidential campaign.

From Washington Post

Raymond Jacobson, 93, a lawyer and political activist who had been an advance man for Democratic presidential candidates Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, died Jan. 23 at his home in North Bethesda.

From Washington Post

Was it Raymond L. Doane, an Iowan who called himself “the father of donkey baseball”? Was it Ralph E. Godfrey, who ran Godfrey’s Donkeys, which in 1973 advertised itself as the “oldest donkey company in the world”? Was it Theodor Megaarden, proprietor of the Lazy K Ranch, who later left the burro game to become an advance man for Marquis the Magician?

From Washington Post

He left to become an advance man in Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign and directed Citizens for Nixon-Agnew.

From Washington Post