spokesman
/ˈspəʊksmən
/noun (plural spokesmen)
A person who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual: a spokesman for Greenpeace...
- I have never offered myself as a spokesman or representative of any group, nor have I put myself into any ‘iconic role.’
- The spokesman's voice is distorted by the cheap amplification system.
- He presented himself as an honest and virtuous man, a spokesman for the outsiders in society.
Synonyms
spokesperson, representative, agent, mouthpiece, voice, frontman;
negotiator, arbitrator, mediator, intermediary, middleman, go-between, moderator, broker, honest broker;
delegate
informal spin doctor
rare prolocutor, fugleman, negotiant
Origin
Early 16th century: formed irregularly from spoke2, on the pattern of words such as craftsman.
Rhymes
- somebody
- some day
- someday
- some few
- some hope
- somehow
- some little
- some more
- someone
- someone (or something or somehow etc.) or other
- someone's bark is worse than their bite
- someone's better nature
- someone's blood is worth bottling
- someone's ears are flapping
- someone's face fits
- someone's kind
- someone's name is mud
- someone's number is up
- someone's (or something's) days are numbered
- someone's (or the) best plan
- someone's tongue is hanging out
- someplace
- somersault
- Somerset
- Somerville