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名詞

spokesman (plural spokesmen)

1. One who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
   • 1959, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Hearings‎:

     One study of popular escapistic communications indicates that the recipients regarded the heroes and spokesmen as "trustworthy models and guides."

   • 2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters‎:

     Libyan war planes on Sunday sank one ship and attacked a second vessel near the eastern city of Benghazi, military spokesmen for the country's internationally recognized government said on Monday.

   • 2019, VOA Learning English‎, archived from the original on 11 March 2019:

     President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.

   • 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business‎:

     Toyota spokesman Paul Hogard said the automaker wants speedometers to be easy to read, so there’s value in placing the typical operating speed of American cars, 45 mph to 70 mph, he said, at the top of the speedometer, which is the easiest place on the speedometer for the driver to read.

上位語

• spokesperson
• spox

等位語

• spokesdog
• spokeswoman