adman

[ ad-man, -muhn ]

noun

, plural ad·men [ad, -men, -m, uh, n].

1. Also called ad·ver·tis·ing man [ad, -ver-tahy-zing man]. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
2. a printer or compositor who specializes in setting advertisements.

adman

/ ˈædˌmæn; -mən /

noun

1. informal.
   a person who works in advertising

Word History and Origins

Origin of adman¹

1905–10; ad ¹ + man or -man

Example Sentences

And for decades he did — so brilliantly that his place in pop culture may last longer than his adman innovations.

From Los Angeles Times

Warhol wasn’t merely a successful Madison Avenue adman and an emerging fine artist; as an active homosexual, he was also a criminal.

From Los Angeles Times

With the vote to amend the city’s noise ordinances, Minneapolis would become the first major American city to allow all five broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer, or adman.

From Washington Times

Mr. Reed, part of an old-school breed of political admen who reveled in writing their own scripts, considered the Republican pollster Arthur Finkelstein, whom he met early in his career, a mentor.

From New York Times

One of the more touching anecdotes in the film was adman Ron Barrett's campaigns to help bolster the Automat during its decline.

From Salon