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spokeswoman|ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən|
[Cf. spokesman.]
A woman who speaks for another or others; a female advocate or representative; a woman speaker.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. i. 173, I know not how he had wonne upon my wenches, They were his spokes-women, and high Abetters. 1656W. Dugard tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. 229 After hee hath set his affection upon som woman (either by himself, or by a spokesman, or spokeswoman) hee is called a Wooer. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxiii, ‘Did ye ever see the foul thief?’ asked her neighbour. ‘Na!’ replied the other spokeswoman. 1840P. D. Hardy Holy Wells Irel. 25 A most unexpected proposal, which the spokeswoman..undertook to make. 1890Athenæum 11 Oct. 476/3 She [Mrs. Henry Wood] is emphatically the spokes⁓woman of the middle class. 1974Sunday (Charleston, S. Carolina) 28 Apr. 5-a/8 A hospital spokeswoman said Mrs. Agnew had scheduled her visit and was receiving routine care. 1976Film & Television Technician Nov. 7/4 ‘The arguments against racism have to take place at a local level, they can't be imposed from above,’ said a spokeswoman from Transport House. 1979Guardian 23 Jan. 1/8 A spokeswoman..said the response from members yesterday was ‘phenomenal’.
Hence ˈspokesˌwomanship.
1894Saintsbury in Sat. Rev. 3 Mar. 230 The spokes⁓womanship of the Flower and the Leaf can no more decide the point than any other dramatic or poetic assumption of character by this or another bard. |