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spokesperson

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/
  • CMU ARPABET: S P OW1 K S P ER0 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interpreter, representative, voice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent

Narrower terms: ambassador, flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack, mouthpiece, mouth, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman

History

Etymology

From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person.

Across languages

Translations

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zëdhënës — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Albanian: shprehës — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Arabic: نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ (nāṭiq rasmiyy) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Arabic: مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ (mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Armenian: խոսնակ (xosnak) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Azerbaijani: mətbuat katibi — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Azerbaijani: nümayəndə — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Azerbaijani: vəkil — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Bashkir: вәкил (vəkil) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Belarusian: прадстаўні́к (pradstawník) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Belarusian: прадстаўні́ца (pradstawníca) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Belarusian: спі́кер (spíkjer) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Belarusian: спі́керка (spíkjerka) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Bulgarian: представи́тел (predstavítel) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Bulgarian: представи́телка (predstavítelka) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Bulgarian: говори́тел (govorítel) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Bulgarian: говори́телка (govorítelka) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Catalan: portaveu — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發言人 /发言人 (fāyánrén) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Czech: mluvčí — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Czech: zástupce — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Czech: zástupkyně — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Danish: talsperson — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Dutch: woordvoerder — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Dutch: woordvoerster — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Dutch: zegsman — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Dutch: zegsvrouw — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Esperanto: proparolanto — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Estonian: eestkõneleja — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Estonian: esindaja — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Finnish: edustaja — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Finnish: tiedottaja — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Finnish: puhemies — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Finnish: puhetorvi — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • French: porte-parole — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Georgian: წარმომადგენელი (c̣armomadgeneli) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Georgian: პრესმდივანი (ṗresmdivani) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • German: Sprecher — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • German: Sprecherin — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • German: Wortführer — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • German: Wortführerin — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Hebrew: דּוֹבֵר (dovér) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Hungarian: szóvivő — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ido: viceparolanto — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Indonesian: juru bicara — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Indonesian: penyambung lidah — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Irish: urlabhraí — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Italian: portavoce — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Japanese: 代弁者 (daibensha) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Kazakh: өкіл (ökıl) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Khmer: អ្នកនាំពាក្យ (nĕək nŏəm piək) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Korean: 대변자 (daebyeonja) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Kyrgyz: өкүл (ökül) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Lao: ໂຄສົກ (khō sok) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Latvian: pārstāvis — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Latvian: pārstāve — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Lithuanian: atstovas — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Lithuanian: atstovė — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: претставник (pretstavnik) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: претставничка (pretstavnička) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: говорник (govornik) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: говорничка (govornička) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: гласноговорник (glasnogovornik) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Macedonian: гласноговорничка (glasnogovornička) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Malay: jurucakap — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Malayalam: വക്താവ് (vaktāvŭ) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Māori: reo kōrero — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Māori: waha kōrero — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: talsperson — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: talsmann — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: talskvinne — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Iranian Persian: سُخَنْگو (soxangu) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Iranian Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (nomâyande) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Iranian Persian: وَکیل (vakil) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Polish: rzecznik — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Polish: rzeczniczka — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Portuguese: porta-voz — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Romanian: purtător de cuvânt — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Romanian: purtătoare de cuvânt — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Russian: представи́тель (predstavítelʹ) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Russian: представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Russian: спи́кер (spíker) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: портпарол — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: портпаролка — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: гласногово̀рнӣк — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: гласногово̀рница — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: portparol — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: portparolka — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: glasnogovòrnīk — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: glasnogovòrnica — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovak: hovorca — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovak: hovorkyňa — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovak: zástupca — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovak: zástupkyňa — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovene: predstavnik — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Slovene: predstavnica — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Spanish: portavoz — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Swedish: talesperson — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Tajik: сухангӯ (suxangü) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Tajik: намоянда (namoyanda) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Tajik: вакил (vakil) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Thai: โฆษก (koo-sòk) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Turkish: sözcü — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: представни́к (predstavnýk) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: представни́ця (predstavnýcja) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: ре́чник (réčnyk) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: ре́чниця (réčnycja) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: спі́кер (spíker) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Ukrainian: спі́керка (spíkerka) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Urdu: تَرْجُمان (tarjumān) — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Uzbek: vakil — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Vietnamese: người phát ngôn — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
  • Vietnamese: phát ngôn viên — person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Real reading context

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