spokesman

[ spohks-muhn ]

noun

, plural spokes·men.

1. a person who speaks for another or for a group.
2. a public speaker.

spokesman

/ ˈspəʊksˌpɜːsən; ˈspəʊksmən; ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spokesman¹

1510–20; spoke ¹ (irregular as noun) + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

Matthew Miller, the US State Department’s spokesman, would also not comment on the use of the UK-supplied missile or whether the US was providing navigational assistance for their use.

From BBC

A DfE spokesman said Panorama had "exposed how these young people were let down by those who should have been keeping them safe".

From BBC

Trump’s spokesman, Steven Cheung, called the decision by the court a “total and definitive victory for President Trump” and said that Trump’s “legal team is moving to get it dismissed once and for all.”

From Salon

US state department spokesman Matthew Miller meanwhile told a news conference in Washington that he was “not in a position to dispute the reports” about the whereabouts of Hamas’s leadership.

From BBC

A Unifil spokesman in Geneva said UN peacekeepers were seeing increased levels of violence, with "huge, shocking" destruction across the blue line - the UN-recognised boundary that separates Israel and Lebanon.

From BBC

Related Words

• agent
• delegate
• deputy
• mediator
• representative
• spokesperson
• spokeswoman