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Webster 1913 Edition

Spokesman

Spokes′man

(spōks′man)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Spokesmen

(-men)

.

[

Speak

,

spoke

+

man

.]

One who speaks for another.

He shall be thy

spokesman

unto the people.

Ex. iv. 16.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spokesman

SPOKESMAN

,

Noun.

[speak, spoke, and man.[ One who speaks for another.

He shall be thy spokesman to the people. Exodus 4.

Definition 2024

spokesman

spokesman

English

Noun

spokesman ‎(plural spokesmen)

One who speaks as the voice of a group of people.

Synonyms

spox, spokesperson

Coordinate terms

spokeswoman

Translations

one who speaks as the voice of a group of people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 發言人 (zh), 发言人 (zh) ‎(fāyánrén)
Czech: mluvčí (cs)
Danish: talsmand c
Dutch: woordvoerder (nl) m, woordvoerster (nl) f, zegsman (nl) m
Estonian: pressiesindaja
Finnish: edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi), äänitorvi
French: porte-parole (fr)
Hungarian: szóvivő (hu)
Igbo: asogwa
Italian: portavoce (it)

Norwegian: talsmann m, talsperson m
Portuguese: porta-voz (pt)
Russian: представи́тель (ru) m ‎(predstavítelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: портпарол m, гласноговорник m

Latin: portparol (sh) m, glasnogovornik (sh) m
Spanish: portavoz, vocero m
Swahili: msemi (sw)
Swedish: talesman (sv) c, taleskvinna c, talesperson (sv) c
Turkish: sözcü (tr)