adwoman

American  

[ad-woom-uhn] / ˈædˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

adwomen

1. a woman whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.

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Sensitive Note

See woman.

Example Sentences

Peggy Olson, the striving adwoman on the make, has recently been taken up as the patron saint of quitters.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

The poor priest and the sharp-elbowed adwoman make an unlikely couple, to say the least, but ultimately the book is more interested in affairs of the soul than of the heart.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2015

Kay Daly Leslie, 55, harddriving, creative adwoman behind most of Revlon, Inc.'s campaigns for 25 years, who helped build the huge U.S. cosmetics industry; of cancer of the pancreas; in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's about time," says Pat Tobin, an L.A.-based adwoman whose clients include Toyota and AT&T. "African Americans helped build this country, and we've been shut out too long."

From Time Magazine Archive

Successively a newspaper editor, an adwoman, a radio scriptwriter and author, she is now married to a well-to-do Circleville lawyer.

From Time Magazine Archive