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One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a male spokesperson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + man.
Across languages
Translations 50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
խոսնակ
(xosnak)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Bashkir :
вәкил
(vəkil)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Belarusian :
прадстаўнік
(pradstawnik)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Belarusian :
спі́кер
(spíkjer)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Bulgarian :
говори́тел
(govorítel)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Chinese Mandarin :
發言人 /发言人
(fāyánrén)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Czech :
mluvčí
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Danish :
talsmand
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Danish :
talskvinde
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Danish :
talsperson
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Dutch :
woordvoerder
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Dutch :
zegsman
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Estonian :
pressiesindaja
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Finnish :
edustaja
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Finnish :
tiedottaja
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Finnish :
äänitorvi
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Finnish :
puhetorvi
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
French :
porte-parole
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
German :
Sprecher
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
German :
Wortführer
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Hebrew :
דּוֹבֵר
(dovér)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Hungarian :
szóvivő
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Igbo :
asogwa
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Italian :
portavoce
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Northern Kurdish :
berdevk
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Māori :
wahakōrero
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Bokmål :
talsmann
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Bokmål :
talsperson
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Nynorsk :
talsmann
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Norwegian Nynorsk :
talsperson
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Polish :
rzecznik
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Portuguese :
porta-voz
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Romanian :
purtător de cuvânt
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Russian :
представи́тель
(predstavítelʹ)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Russian :
спи́кер
(spíker)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Serbo-Croatian :
портпарол
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Serbo-Croatian :
гласногово̀рнӣк
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Serbo-Croatian :
portparol
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Serbo-Croatian :
glasnogovòrnīk
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Slovak :
hovorca
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Slovak :
zástupca
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Slovene :
predstavnik
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Spanish :
portavoz
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Spanish :
vocero
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Swahili :
msemi
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Swedish :
talesman
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Swedish :
talesperson
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Turkish :
sözcü
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Ukrainian :
ре́чник
(réčnyk)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
Ukrainian :
спі́кер
(spíker)
— one who speaks as the voice of a group of people
