spokesman
spokesman noun: one who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
Noun
spokesman (plural spokesmen)
- One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
- One study of popular escapistic communications indicates that the recipients regarded the heroes and spokesmen as "trustworthy models and guides."1959, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Hearings
- Libyan war planes on Sunday sank one ship and attacked a second vessel near the eastern city of Benghazi, military spokesmen for the country's internationally recognized government said on Monday.2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters
spokesman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
spokesman in Hindi
- spokesman
- प्रवक्ता pravaktā
spokesman in Tamil
- பிரதிநிதி பேச்சாளர், சார்பாகப் பேசுபவர், ஊடகப் பேச்சாளர், பேசவல்ல அதிகாரி
spokesman in Urdu
- spokesman
- ترجمان tarjumān
spokesman in Bengali
- spokesman
- মুখপাত্র mukhopatro
More languagesFewer languages
- spokesman in Malayalam
- വക്താവ്, പ്രതിനിധി
- spokesman in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿ, ಪಕ್ಷದ ಪರವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವವನು, ವಕ್ತಾರ, ಮಾತುಗ
- spokesman in Pashto
- ویاند wayā́nd
Examples of spokesman in a sentence
- Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.
- Don't hide behind your spokesman, speak for yourself!
- And we intend to develop this cooperation further,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ahead of the meeting.
Forms of spokesman
| plural | spokesmen |
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Origin of spokesman
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man.
Words formed from spokesman
Questions about spokesman
- What does spokesman mean?
- Spokesman means one who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
- What is spokesman in Hindi?
- Spokesman in Hindi is प्रवक्ता (pravaktā). See Spokesman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spokesman?
- Spokesman is a noun.
- What is the plural of spokesman?
- The plural of spokesman is spokesmen.
Words near spokesman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spokesman (page history and authors); प्रवक्ता (Hindi) (page history and authors); spokesman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ترجمان (Urdu) (page history and authors); মুখপাত্র (Bengali) (page history and authors); spokesman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spokesman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ویاند (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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