Meanings
plural spokesmen
- One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.
2019, VOA Learning English, archived from the original on 11 Mar 20193 more examples
One study of popular escapistic communications indicates that the recipients regarded the heroes and spokesmen as "trustworthy models and guides."
1959, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, HearingsLibyan war planes on Sunday sank one ship and attacked a second vessel near the eastern city of Benghazi, military spokesmen for the country's internationally recognized government said on Monday.
2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in ReutersToyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.
2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business
Origin
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian говори́тел
- говори́тел (govorítel)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Chinese Mandarin 發言人 /发言人
- 發言人 /发言人 (fāyánrén)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Czech mluvčí
- mluvčíone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Danish talsmand, talskvinde
- talsmandone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- talskvindeone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- talspersonone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Dutch woordvoerder, zegsman
- woordvoerderone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- zegsmanone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Esperanto proparolanto
- proparolantoone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Estonian pressiesindaja
- pressiesindajaone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Finnish edustaja, tiedottaja
- edustajaone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- tiedottajaone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- äänitorvione who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- puhetorvione who speaks as the voice of a group of people
French porte-parole
- porte-paroleone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
German Sprecher, Wortführer
- Sprecherone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- Wortführerone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Hebrew דּוֹבֵר
- דּוֹבֵר (dovér)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Hungarian szóvivő
- szóvivőone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Italian portavoce
- portavoceone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Māori wahakōrero
- wahakōreroone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Bokmål talsmann, talsperson
- talsmannone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- talspersonone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Polish rzecznik
- rzecznikone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Portuguese porta-voz
- porta-vozone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Romanian purtător de cuvânt
- purtător de cuvântone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Russian представи́тель, спи́кер
- представи́тель (predstavítelʹ)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- спи́кер (spíker)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Slovak hovorca, zástupca
- hovorcaone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- zástupcaone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Spanish portavoz, vocero
- portavozone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- voceroone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Swahili msemi
- msemione who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Swedish talesman, talesperson
- talesmanone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- talespersonone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Turkish sözcü
- sözcüone who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Ukrainian ре́чник, спі́кер
- ре́чник (réčnyk)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- спі́кер (spíker)one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Cite this entry
spokesman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokesman
“spokesman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokesman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spokesman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokesman.
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