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# spokesman

«spokesman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person chosen to speak officially for a group, company…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a spokesman, spokesmen); also spokeswoman, spokesperson

### meaning for a pupil

A spokesman is a person chosen to speak officially for a group, company, team or government, especially to newspapers and TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news, «a spokesman for the police said…» tells you the information is official. In school, a class may choose a spokesperson to speak to the head. Phrases: a spokesman for, police spokesman, government spokesman.

### examples

- A spokesman for the zoo said the panda was healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x1)
- The police spokesman asked people to stay away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x2)
- Our class chose Amy as spokesperson for the school council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x3)
- A spokesman for the team said the captain was injured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x4)
- The company spokeswoman answered the reporters' questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x5)
- The government spokesman gave a short statement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x6)
- "Sir," replied their spokesman, "we cannot find jewels enough." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/#x7)

### note

Plural «spokesmen». «Spokesperson» can be used for anyone; «spokeswoman» for a woman. It comes from «spoke», past of «speak», not from a bicycle spoke.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spokesman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spokesman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.