† speakmann.
Obsolete. rare.
An advocate or spokesman.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another > man
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 60 To þan belongeþ þe zenne of ham þet zechiþ spekemen ham uor to praysi.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 99 Oure guode spekeman and oure zuete mayster Iesu Crist.
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n.1340- of similitude
- of sithre
- of small, great, etc, regard
- of some continuance
- of some nature
- of some similitude
- of some, of no, understanding
- of somewhat
- of sort
- of sorts
- of sound memory
- of sound mind
- of specialty
- of squin
- of state
- of station
- of substance
- of such expectation
- of such growth
- of such manner
- of such-and-such wing
- of suchandsuch wing
- of suddenty
- of suing
- of superfluity