spokesperson
/ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/US/ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/
spokesperson noun: a person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
Noun
spokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople)
- A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
- News subsidies thus include making spokespersons available, producing press releases or staging pseudo-events designed to suit the media's production needs and attract the media's attention […]2012, C. Holtz-Bacha, J. Strömbäck, Opinion Polls and the Media
- Biden and his spokespeople have proudly touted his signature COVID relief bill as a major stimulus for policing in a national context already characterized by globally unparalleled police spending.2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate
- Synonyms:
- spox
spokesperson meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
spokesperson in Hindi
- प्रवक्ता
spokesperson in Tamil
- குழுச்சார்புப் பேச்சாளர்
spokesperson in Marathi
- प्रवक्ते, प्रवक्त्या
spokesperson in Urdu
- person who acts as the voice of a group of people
- تَرْجُمان tarjumān
More languagesFewer languages
- spokesperson in Bengali
- মুখপাত্র
- spokesperson in Malayalam
- വക്താവ് vaktāvŭ
- spokesperson in Kannada
- ವಕ್ತಾರರು, ವಕ್ತಾರ
- spokesperson in Punjabi
- ਬੁਲਾਰੇ ਡਾ
- spokesperson in Gujarati
- પ્રવક્તા
- spokesperson in Odia
- ମୁଖପାତ୍ର, ପ୍ରବକ୍ତା
- spokesperson in Nepali
- प्रवक्ता, प्रवक्ताले
- spokesperson in Arabic
- نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ nāṭiq rasmiyy, مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy
- spokesperson in Malay
- jurucakap
- spokesperson in Indonesian
- juru bicara, penyambung lidah
- spokesperson in Thai
- โฆษก koo-sòk
- spokesperson in Vietnamese
- người phát ngôn, phát ngôn viên
Examples of spokesperson in a sentence
- The company hired the spokesperson for his photogenic face.
- After the press conference about the financial scandal, the spokesperson reassured the public that there was nothing to see here.
- Trumpese is used by government spokespeople, who provide absurdly aggressive (and often comically untrue) responses.
Synonyms of spokesperson
Forms of spokesperson
| plural | spokespersons |
|---|---|
| plural | spokespeople |
Origin of spokesperson
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person.
Words formed from spokesperson
Questions about spokesperson
- What does spokesperson mean?
- Spokesperson means a person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
- What is spokesperson in Hindi?
- Spokesperson in Hindi is प्रवक्ता. See Spokesperson meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spokesperson?
- Spokesperson is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spokesperson?
- Spokesperson is pronounced /ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of spokesperson?
- The plural of spokesperson is spokespersons.
Words near spokesperson in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spokesperson (page history and authors); spokesperson (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spokesperson (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spokesperson (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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