spokesperson

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US /ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/ UK /ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/
noun Freq #22579

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

    the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government

  2. 2
    noun

    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 […]

Etymology

From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · an advocate who represents... voice
2 noun · a person who acts as the... spox

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