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But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door during Prime Minister's question time. A spokesman at Scotland Yard said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Meaning of "spokesman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPOKESMAN

spokesman  [ˈspəʊksmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPOKESMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spokesman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPOKESMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spokesman

Spokesperson

A spokesperson or spokesman or spokeswoman is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.

Definition of spokesman in the English dictionary

The definition of spokesman in the dictionary is a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPOKESMAN


axeman
ˈæksmən
axman
ˈæksmən
banksman
ˈbæŋksmən
brakesman
ˈbreɪksmən
Congressman
ˈkɒŋɡrɛsmən
cracksman
ˈkræksmən
craftsman
ˈkrɑːftsmən
Flaxman
ˈflæksmən
huntsman
ˈhʌntsmən
Manxman
ˈmæŋksmən
marksman
ˈmɑːksmən
Paxman
ˈpæksmən
policeman
pəˈliːsmən
Scotsman
ˈskɒtsmən
sportsman
ˈspɔːtsmən
statesman
ˈsteɪtsmən
subtacksman
ˈsʌbˌtæksmən
subtacksmen
ˈsʌbˌtæksmən
tacksman
ˈtæksmən
Waksman
ˈwæksmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPOKESMAN

spoils system
spoilsman
spoilsmen
spoilsport
spoilt
Spokane
spoke
spoken
spoken for
spokeshave
spokesmanship
spokesmen
spokespeople
spokesperson
spokeswoman
spokeswomen
spokewise
Spoleto
spoliate
spoliation

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPOKESMAN

bluesman
businessman
dalesman
desman
elder statesman
estatesman
gamesman
islesman
linesman
meresman
plainclothesman
salesman
sharesman
sidesman
supersalesman
talesman
tidesman
tradesman
travelling salesman
tribesman
used-car salesman

Synonyms and antonyms of spokesman in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spokesman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPOKESMAN

Find out the translation of spokesman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spokesman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spokesman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发言人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

portavoz
570 millions of speakers

English

spokesman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रवक्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

...مُتَحدِّثٌ بِاسْمِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

представитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porta-voz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুখপাত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porte-parole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jurucakap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sprecher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スポークスマン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대변인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Juru wicara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người phát ngôn nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேச்சாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवक्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sözcü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portavoce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rzecznik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

представник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reprezentant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκπρόσωπος τύπου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woordvoerder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

talesman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

talsmann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spokesman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOKESMAN»

The term «spokesman» is very widely used and occupies the 14.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOKESMAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spokesman» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spokesman» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spokesman

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10 QUOTES WITH «SPOKESMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spokesman.
1
Ayad Akhtar
I can't be a spokesman for anything other than my own concerns. I have to be free to wrestle with my own preoccupations, and if I'm bringing any political awareness to that process, that mitigates my freedom.
2
Ronnie Barker
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door during Prime Minister's question time. A spokesman at Scotland Yard said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
3
Warren Beatty
Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.
4
Brian Blessed
I've completed half of my space training at Space City in Moscow. I love adventure, and I've been training in a centrifuge and MiG Fighter with a view to going into space and being a spokesman for space exploration!
5
Neal Boortz
I'm an entertainer. Not a journalist or spokesman for anybody. Truth is, a lot of my listeners absolutely hate what I have to say.
6
Billy Bragg
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
7
Kurt Cobain
I'm a spokesman for myself. It just so happens that there's a bunch of people that are concerned with what I have to say. I find that frightening at times because I'm just as confused as most people. I don't have the answers for anything.
8
David Duke
Absolutely committed to spending the rest of my life as a spokesman for the rights of European Americans.
9
Bob Dylan
I'm speaking for all of us. I'm the spokesman for a generation.
10
Ari Fleischer
Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOKESMAN»

Discover the use of spokesman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spokesman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand ...
'Ayesha Jalal's book is an important scholarly account of ... the partition of India in 1947.' American Historical Review
Ayesha Jalal, 1994
2
No Regrets: Reflections of a Presidential Spokesman
You need some kind of spokesman to explain and clarify your views so ordinary Indonesians can understand. You need someone like Wimar Witoelar." "No," Gus Dur replied, "I don t need someone like Wimar Witoelar. I need Wimar Witoelar.
Wimar Witoelar, 2002
3
Elie Wiesel: Spokesman for Remembrance
Describes the life of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and recipient of the Nobel Prize.
Linda N. Bayer, 2000
4
Nature's Spokesman: M. Krishnan and Indian Wildlife
All In All, Once You Ve Gone Through This Collection, There Are Only Two Things That Need To Be Done: Begin To Read It All Over Again And Hanker For More -Dileep Padgaonkar, Times Of India Writer, Naturalist, Ecological Patriot And Avid ...
M. Krishnan, Ramachandra Guha, 2007
5
Father Charles E. Coughlin: Surrogate Spokesman for the ...
This book demonstrates how the precepts of rhetoric and persuasion that undergirded Father Coughlin's popularity brought him prominance as a major opinion leader for nearly a decade in America.
Ronald H. Carpenter, 1998
6
The Politics of Garbage: A Community Perspective on Solid ...
Mike Prager, "City's Recycling Program Will Start Next Month," Spokesman- Review, 18 September 1990, Bl. 35. "County Moving Toward Recycling," Spokesman-Review, 23 April 1991, B2. 36. Mike Prager, "City Recycling Picks Up ...
Larry S. Luton, 1996
7
The Spokesman
@S<'¢»e. 'S-eu. 2»; NN 1|, i Back in 1984, at a time when the British Labour Party policy favoured European Nuclear Disarmament, Gordon Brown declared that the Trident programme was 'unacceptably expensive, economically wasteful and  ...
‎2008
8
The Spokesman
A journal devoted to the interests of adult education.
Leon Josiah Richardson, 1922
9
Spokesman for democracy: Claude G. Bowers, 1878-1958
"With best-sellers such as Jefferson and Hamilton: The Struggle for Democracy in America (1925) and The Tragic Era: The Revolution after Lincoln (1929), Bowers "renewed the definition of American Politics.
Peter J. Sehlinger, Holman Hamilton, 2000
10
Carl Sanders: spokesman of the New South
The story of Carl Sanders, indeed a genuine "spokesman of the New South," is not only well worth telling, but well worth the hearing.
James F. Cook, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOKESMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spokesman is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Heat, dry weather stoke Eastern Washington fires
It burned two residential buildings and six outbuildings, DNR spokesman ... By 8:30 p.m. the fire had died down significantly, DNR spokesman Brett Walker said. «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
2
Teen pleads guilty in Sprague toddler-kidnapping case
The boy was tried as a juvenile and The Spokesman-Review does not typically name juvenile suspects. Lincoln County Judge John Strohmaier imposed the ... «The Spokesman Review, Jun 15»
3
Interior Department gives OK to Spokanes' casino project
A spokesman for Inslee confirmed the governor received notice from the agency on the project, but wouldn't comment on what it said until the office had a ... «The Spokesman Review, Jun 15»
4
Two dead in plane crash in Spokane River
The spokesman was not authorized to disclose ages or hometowns. The plane crashed into the river around 4 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers, and ... «The Spokesman Review, May 15»
5
Armed man wounded by police was medic in Army
VA Medical Center spokesman Bret Bowers confirmed Burton has worked at the VA as an intermediate care technician since December 2012. The ICT program ... «The Spokesman Review, May 15»
6
Inmate's family gets $8 million jury award
Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay said a critical incident review was completed after Stahl's death, but he was unaware of its conclusions or whether ... «The Spokesman Review, Apr 15»
7
Body camera not turned on in officer-involved shooting
The Spokesman-Review has reached out to the department seeking clarification on why the officer's camera was not activated. Hensz was arrested for stalking, ... «The Spokesman Review, Nov 14»
8
Doctor who prescribed antibiotic by phone could lose certification
Mike Crouch, spokesman for Teladoc, said, “Telemedicine is a key component to the future of quality, effective and cost-efficient health care delivery in the state ... «The Spokesman Review, Apr 14»
9
Former NBA star Craig Ehlo arrested
Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Craig Chamberlin said fire crews responded to a fire after 1 a.m. today to the 3300 block of East 77th Avenue. When fire crews ... «The Spokesman Review, Aug 13»
10
'Stolen' hot dog, 99 cents. Baffled jurors, priceless
Shawn Vestal can be reached at (509) 459-5431 or shawnv@spokesman.com. There are 52 comments on this story. Click here to view comments >> ... «The Spokesman Review, Apr 11»

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