spokesperson
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spokesperson
- /ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/ UK
- /ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/ US
Where it comes from
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person.
noun spokespersons · spokespeople
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A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
News subsidies thus include making spokespersons available, producing press releases or staging pseudo-events designed to suit the media's production needs and attract the media's attention […]
Similar: spox
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: representative, interpreter, voice, spokesman, supporter, advocacy, advocate, representing, behalf, interlocutor, champion, defender, speaker, reporter, spokeswoman, vindicator
Translations
Every language
noun person who acts as the voice of a group of people
| Español | portavoz |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대변자 daebyeonja |
| 日本語 | 代弁者 daibensha |
| 中文 | 發言人 /发言人 fāyánrén |
| Português | porta-voz |
| Français | porte-parole |
| Deutsch | Sprecher, Sprecherin, Wortführer, Wortführerin |
| Italiano | portavoce |
| Română | purtător de cuvânt, purtătoare de cuvânt |
| Русский | представи́тель predstavítelʹ, представи́тельница predstavítelʹnica, спи́кер spíker |
| Tiếng Việt | người phát ngôn, phát ngôn viên |
| العربية | نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ nāṭiq rasmiyy, مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy |
| עברית | דּוֹבֵר dovér |
Talk about this word "spokesperson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spokesperson. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spokesperson. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spokesperson "spokesperson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spokesperson.Cite this
@misc{spokesperson_2026,
title = {spokesperson},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spokesperson},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
