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flak catchers

flak catchers is the plural of flak catcher.

Meaning of flak catcher

Noun

flak catcher (plural flak catchers)

  1. A person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism.
    • As the mau-mauing brigade heads downtown to the welfare office, they run into the chief flak catcher.1995, William McKeen, Tom Wolfe, page 78

Questions about flak catchers

What is flak catchers the plural of?
Flak catchers is the plural of flak catcher.

Words near flak catchers in the dictionary

  1. flaiths
  2. Flajolet-Martin algorithm
  3. flajolotite
  4. flak
  5. flak catcher
  6. flak catchers
  7. flak jacket
  8. flak jackets
  9. flak-catcher
  10. flak-catchers
  11. flakable

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