spokescouncil

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noun

An assembly of people, each representing a group of activists, who meet to discuss and coordinate their activities and make decisions by consensus.

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Meanings

nounspokescouncil (plural spokescouncils)

plural spokescouncils · alternative spokes council

  1. An assembly of people, each representing a group of activists, who meet to discuss and coordinate their activities and make decisions by consensus.
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    Local organizers will come together on Presidents' Day weekend in February 1989, to share skills and report on their progress. At that meeting they will also set the agenda for the first Peace Army spokescouncil (for the Peace Army affinity groups), which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 5-6, immediately before American Peace Test's Reclaim the Test Site II action.

    1989 February 12, Escalating Peace: A Next Step To Resist Global Violence, “George Jarret”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 5

Origin

From spoke + council, from the model of the spokes of a wheel meeting in the hub, while also being influenced by its constituents serving as spokespersons for their groups.

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spokescouncil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokescouncil

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Chicago

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