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adman

adman noun: a person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.

Noun

adman (plural admen)

  1. A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
    • . . . Tad Allagash, a stripling adman and Manhattan party animal with inexhaustible supplies of Bolivian Marching Powder (coy for cocaine).1987 October 19, R. Z. Sheppard, “Yuppie Lit: Publicize or Perish”, in TIME, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2008

Forms of adman

pluraladmen

Plural of adman: admen

Origin of adman

From ad + -man.

Questions about adman

What does adman mean?
Adman means a person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
What part of speech is adman?
Adman is a noun.
What is the plural of adman?
The plural of adman is admen.

Words near adman in the dictionary

  1. Adm'x
  2. adm.
  3. admag
  4. admags
  5. admail
  6. adman
  7. admanuensis
  8. admarginal
  9. admarginate
  10. admarginated
  11. admarginates

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