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English
Etymology
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + woman.
Pronunciation
Noun
spokeswoman (plural spokeswomen)
- A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
2009 January 28, Brooks Barnes, “Sweet Deal to Promote Tweeny-Bop Girl Group”, in The New York Times:Topps […] has signed the Clique Girlz as commercial spokeswomen for Baby Bottle Pop, one of the Top 10 nonchocolate candy brands.
2020 July 1, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: '165' runs through points and into path of LU service”, in Rail, page 20:A 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."
Synonyms
Translations
woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- Belarusian: прадстаўні́ца f (pradstaŭníca), спі́керка f (spíkjerka)
- Bulgarian: представи́телка f (predstavítelka), говори́телка f (govorítelka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 女性發言人/女性发言人 (nǚxìng fāyánrén)
- Czech: zástupkyně f
- Danish: talskvinde c
- Dutch: woordvoerster (nl) f, zegsvrouw (nl) f
- Esperanto: proparolantino
- Finnish: edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi)
- French: porte-parole (fr) m or f by sense
- German: Sprecherin (de) f, Wortführer (de) f
- Hungarian: szóvivőnő
- Italian: portavoce (it) m or f by sense
- Macedonian: претставничка f (pretstavnička), говорничка f (govornička), гласноговорничка f (glasnogovornička)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: talskvinne m or f
- Polish: rzeczniczka (pl) f
- Romanian: purtătoare de cuvânt f
- Russian: представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: портпаролка f, гласногово̀рница f
- Latin: portparolka f, glasnogovòrnica (sh) f
- Slovak: hovorkyňa f, zástupkyňa f
- Slovene: predstavnica f
- Swedish: taleskvinna (sv) c
- Turkish: sözcü (tr) (male or female)
- Ukrainian: ре́чниця f (réčnycja), представни́ця (uk) f (predstavnýcja), спі́керка (uk) f (spíkerka)
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