spokespersonn.

Brit.

/ˈspəʊksˌpəːsn/, U.S.

/ˈspoʊksˌpərs(ə)n/

Etymology: < spokesman n., after chairperson (see person n. 2f).

A person who speaks for or on behalf of another or others.One of numerous words replacing -man with -person to avoid definition by gender.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another

whistlec1380

dictourc1440

orator1474

prolocutor?a1475

prelocutor1500

vauntparler1534

paranympha1538

mouth1563

speech1578

speaker1583

promotor1603

ambassador1611

suffragant1613

suffragator1618

mouthpiece1776

linguist1819

megaphone1909

porte-parole1911

spokesperson1972

1972 Guardian 18 Feb. 11/3 The spokesperson (non~sexist term) for UCWR complained that she had been ‘physically assaulted by a university administrator’.

1976 New Yorker 29 Nov. 172/2 One's heart and imagination..were repelled by the ascetic, sexual, Christian woman who recurs in Mrs. Spark's novels so often as to suggest, if not an alter ego, a spokesperson.

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xviii. 402 A ‘spokesperson’ for the Ellen Jamesians.

1981 Economist 28 Nov. 30/1 As a feminist fillip Miss Joan Lestor..has been made spokesperson for women's rights and welfare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spokesperson
释义	spokespersonn. Brit. /ˈspəʊksˌpəːsn/, U.S. /ˈspoʊksˌpərs(ə)n/ Etymology: < spokesman n., after chairperson (see person n. 2f). A person who speaks for or on behalf of another or others.One of numerous words replacing -man with -person to avoid definition by gender. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another whistlec1380 dictourc1440 orator1474 prolocutor?a1475 prelocutor1500 vauntparler1534 paranympha1538 mouth1563 speech1578 speaker1583 promotor1603 ambassador1611 suffragant1613 suffragator1618 mouthpiece1776 linguist1819 megaphone1909 porte-parole1911 spokesperson1972 1972 Guardian 18 Feb. 11/3 The spokesperson (non~sexist term) for UCWR complained that she had been ‘physically assaulted by a university administrator’. 1976 New Yorker 29 Nov. 172/2 One's heart and imagination..were repelled by the ascetic, sexual, Christian woman who recurs in Mrs. Spark's novels so often as to suggest, if not an alter ego, a spokesperson. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xviii. 402 A ‘spokesperson’ for the Ellen Jamesians. 1981 Economist 28 Nov. 30/1 As a feminist fillip Miss Joan Lestor..has been made spokesperson for women's rights and welfare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1972
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