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nounadman (plural admen)
plural admen
- A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
. . . Tad Allagash, a stripling adman and Manhattan party animal with inexhaustible supplies of Bolivian Marching Powder (coy for cocaine).
1987 October 19, R. Z. Sheppard, “Yuppie Lit: Publicize or Perish”, in TIME, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2008
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nounsomeone whose business is advertising
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APA
adman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adman
MLA
“adman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adman.
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