See spokesperson in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2012, C. Holtz-Bacha, J. Strömbäck, Opinion Polls and the Media:",
"text": "News subsidies thus include making spokespersons available, producing press releases or staging pseudo-events designed to suit the media's production needs and attract the media's attention […]",
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"ref": "2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate:",
"text": "Biden and his spokespeople have proudly touted his signature COVID relief bill as a major stimulus for policing in a national context already characterized by globally unparalleled police spending.",
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"ref": "2023 August 7, Nadeem Badshah, “Bodies of three hillwalkers recovered from ridge in Scottish Highlands”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of concern for a group of three hillwalkers who had not returned from the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen Coe shortly after 9.05pm on Saturday 5 August.",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"code": "fa-ira",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "представи́тельница"
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"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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},
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"masculine"
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],
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "portavoz"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"common-gender"
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},
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "сухангӯ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "koo-sòk",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "โฆษก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "sözcü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "predstavnýk",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "представни́к"
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],
"word": "представни́ця"
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ре́чник"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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],
"word": "спі́керка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
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"roman": "tarjumān",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَرْجُمان"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "người phát ngôn"
}
]
}
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"Terms with Indonesian translations",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nāṭiq rasmiyy",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xosnak",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "խոսնակ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "mətbuat katibi"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "vəkil",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "вәкил"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pradstaŭník",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прадстаўні́к"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прадстаўні́ца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spíkjer",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спі́кер"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spíkjerka",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спі́керка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predstavítel",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "представи́тел"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predstavítelka",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "представи́телка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "govorítel",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "говори́тел"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "govorítelka",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "говори́телка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "portaveu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "發言人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāyánrén",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "发言人"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zástupce"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zástupkyně"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "woordvoerder"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "woordvoerster"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zegsman"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zegsvrouw"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "proparolanto"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "edustaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "tiedottaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "puhemies"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "porte-parole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sprecher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sprecherin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wortführer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wortführerin"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dovér",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דּוֹבֵר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "szóvivő"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "viceparolanto"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "juru bicara"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "penyambung lidah"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "urlabhraí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "portavoce"
},
{
"alt": "だいべんしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daibensha",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "代弁者"
},
{
"alt": "代辯者",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daebyeonja",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "대변자"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pretstavnik",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "претставник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pretstavnička",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "претставничка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "govornik",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "говорник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "govornička",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "говорничка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "glasnogovornik",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гласноговорник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "glasnogovornička",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гласноговорничка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "jurucakap"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vaktāvŭ",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "വക്താവ്"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "reo kōrero"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "waha kōrero"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talsperson"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talsmann"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "talskvinne"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "soxangu",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "سُخَنْگو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rzecznik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rzeczniczka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "porta-voz"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purtător de cuvânt"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "purtătoare de cuvânt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predstavítelʹ",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "представи́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predstavítelʹnica",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "представи́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spíker",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спи́кер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "портпарол"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "портпаролка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "гласногово̀рнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "гласногово̀рница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "portparol"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "portparolka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "glasnogovòrnīk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "glasnogovòrnica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hovorca"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hovorkyňa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zástupca"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zástupkyňa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predstavnik"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predstavnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "portavoz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "talesperson"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "suxangü",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "сухангӯ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "koo-sòk",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "โฆษก"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "sözcü"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "predstavnýk",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "представни́к"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "predstavnýcja",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "представни́ця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "réčnyk",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ре́чник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "réčnycja",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ре́чниця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spíker",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спі́кер"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spíkerka",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спі́керка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tarjumān",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَرْجُمان"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
"word": "người phát ngôn"
}
],
"word": "spokesperson"
}
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