spokesman

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈspəʊksmən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈspoʊksmən/ or /-ˌwʊmən/ or /-ˌpɝsən/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(spōks′mən)


Inflections of 'spokesman' (n): npl: spokesmen

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
spokes•man or -wom•an or -per•son /ˈspoʊksmən/ or /-ˌwʊmən/ or /-ˌpɜrsən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -men or -wom•en or -persons. 
  1. one who speaks for another or for a group:A White House spokeswoman denied the charge.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
spokes•man  (spōks′mən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -men. 
  1. a person who speaks for another or for a group.
  2. a public speaker.
  • spoke1 (irregularly as noun, nominal) + 's1 + -man 1510–20
    See -man. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
spokesman /ˈspəʊksmən/, spokesperson /ˈspəʊksˌpɜːsən/, (feminine) spokeswoman /ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən/ n ( pl -men, -persons, -people, -women)
  1. a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization
'spokesman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
mouthpiece - prophet - eloquent - man - voluble - woman

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