Meanings
plural spokeswomen
- A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
Topps[…] has signed the Clique Girlz as commercial spokeswomen for Baby Bottle Pop, one of the Top 10 nonchocolate candy brands.
2009 January 28, Brooks Barnes, “Sweet Deal to Promote Tweeny-Bop Girl Group”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Feb 20212 more examples
“As communicated to members of Congress multiple times, these children are not ‘lost,’” said HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley.
2018 September 19, Tal Kopan, “Trump administration admits it lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children”, in CNNA Chiltern spokeswoman told RAIL: "We have an excellent safety record and are working with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to understand the causes of this incident."
2020 July 1, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: '165' runs through points and into path of LU service”, in Rail, page 20Synonyms: prolocutress, prolocutrix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
Origin
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + woman.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian представи́телка, говори́телка
- представи́телка (predstavítelka)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- говори́телка (govorítelka)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Chinese Mandarin 女性發言人 /女性发言人
- 女性發言人 /女性发言人 (nǚxìng fāyánrén)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Czech zástupkyně
- zástupkyněwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Danish talskvinde
- talskvindewoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Dutch woordvoerster, zegsvrouw
- woordvoersterwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- zegsvrouwwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Esperanto proparolantino
- proparolantinowoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Finnish edustaja, tiedottaja
- edustajawoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- tiedottajawoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
French porte-parole
- porte-parolewoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
German Sprecherin, Wortführer
- Sprecherinwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- Wortführerwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Hungarian szóvivőnő
- szóvivőnőwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Italian portavoce
- portavocewoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Bokmål talskvinne
- talskvinnewoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Polish rzeczniczka
- rzeczniczkawoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Romanian purtătoare de cuvânt
- purtătoare de cuvântwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Russian представи́тельница
- представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Slovak hovorkyňa, zástupkyňa
- hovorkyňawoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- zástupkyňawoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Swedish taleskvinna
- taleskvinnawoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Turkish sözcü
- sözcüwoman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Ukrainian ре́чниця, представни́ця
- ре́чниця (réčnycja)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- представни́ця (predstavnýcja)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- спі́керка (spíkerka)woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Cite this entry
spokeswoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokeswoman
“spokeswoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokeswoman. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spokeswoman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokeswoman.
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