"spokesperson" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spokesperson.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spokespersons [plural], spokespeople [plural]
Etymology: From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person. Etymology templates: {{m|en|speak}} speak, {{af|en|spoke|-s-|person|t1=past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">speak</i>}} spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + person Head templates: {{en-noun|s|spokespeople}} spokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople)
  1. A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: spox Coordinate_terms: spokesdog, spokesman, spokeswoman Translations (person who acts as the voice of a group of people): نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ (nāṭiq rasmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ (mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), խոսնակ (xosnak) (Armenian), mətbuat katibi (Azerbaijani), вәкил (vəkil) (Bashkir), прадстаўні́к (pradstaŭník) [masculine] (Belarusian), прадстаўні́ца (pradstaŭníca) [feminine] (Belarusian), спі́кер (spíkjer) [masculine] (Belarusian), спі́керка (spíkjerka) [feminine] (Belarusian), представи́тел (predstavítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), представи́телка (predstavítelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), говори́тел (govorítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), говори́телка (govorítelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), portaveu [masculine] (Catalan), 發言人 (Chinese Mandarin), 发言人 (fāyánrén) (Chinese Mandarin), mluvčí [masculine] (Czech), zástupce [masculine] (Czech), zástupkyně [feminine] (Czech), talsperson [common-gender] (Danish), woordvoerder [masculine] (Dutch), woordvoerster [feminine] (Dutch), zegsman [masculine] (Dutch), zegsvrouw [feminine] (Dutch), proparolanto (Esperanto), edustaja (Finnish), tiedottaja (Finnish), puhemies (Finnish), puhetorvi (Finnish), porte-parole [feminine, masculine] (French), Sprecher [masculine] (German), Sprecherin [feminine] (German), Wortführer [masculine] (German), Wortführerin [feminine] (German), דּוֹבֵר (dovér) [masculine] (Hebrew), szóvivő (Hungarian), viceparolanto (Ido), juru bicara (Indonesian), penyambung lidah (Indonesian), سُخَنْگو (soxangu) (Iranian Persian), urlabhraí [masculine] (Irish), portavoce [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 代弁者 (daibensha) (alt: だいべんしゃ) (Japanese), 대변자 (daebyeonja) (alt: 代辯者) (Korean), претставник (pretstavnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), претставничка (pretstavnička) [feminine] (Macedonian), говорник (govornik) [masculine] (Macedonian), говорничка (govornička) [feminine] (Macedonian), гласноговорник (glasnogovornik) [masculine] (Macedonian), гласноговорничка (glasnogovornička) [feminine] (Macedonian), jurucakap (Malay), വക്താവ് (vaktāvŭ) (Malayalam), reo kōrero (Maori), waha kōrero (Maori), talsperson [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), talsmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), talskvinne [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rzecznik [masculine] (Polish), rzeczniczka [feminine] (Polish), porta-voz [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), purtător de cuvânt [masculine] (Romanian), purtătoare de cuvânt [feminine] (Romanian), представи́тель (predstavítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), спи́кер (spíker) [masculine] (Russian), портпарол [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), портпаролка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), гласногово̀рнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), гласногово̀рница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), portparol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), portparolka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), glasnogovòrnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), glasnogovòrnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hovorca [masculine] (Slovak), hovorkyňa [feminine] (Slovak), zástupca [masculine] (Slovak), zástupkyňa [feminine] (Slovak), predstavnik [masculine] (Slovene), predstavnica [feminine] (Slovene), portavoz [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), talesperson [common-gender] (Swedish), сухангӯ (suxangü) (Tajik), โฆษก (koo-sòk) (Thai), sözcü (Turkish), представни́к (predstavnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), представни́ця (predstavnýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ре́чник (réčnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ре́чниця (réčnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), спі́кер (spíker) [masculine] (Ukrainian), спі́керка (spíkerka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), تَرْجُمان (tarjumān) [masculine] (Urdu), người phát ngôn (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "word": "edustaja"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "word": "tiedottaja"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "word": "puhemies"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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          "word": "Wortführerin"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dovér",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "דּוֹבֵר"
        },
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          "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"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "word": "juru bicara"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "word": "penyambung lidah"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "urlabhraí"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "tags": [
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            "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"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pretstavnik",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "претставник"
        },
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          "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",
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            "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"
        },
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vaktāvŭ",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "word": "waha kōrero"
        },
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "nb",
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        },
        {
          "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"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "porta-voz"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "purtător de cuvânt"
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          "word": "purtătoare de cuvânt"
        },
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          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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}
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    {
      "word": "spokesdog"
    },
    {
      "word": "spokesman"
    },
    {
      "word": "spokeswoman"
    }
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      },
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "spokespersons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spokespeople",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "spokespeople"
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    }
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        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English gender-neutral terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms interfixed with -s-",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
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        "en:People"
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        "A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people."
      ],
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        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "spox"
    }
  ],
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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"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "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",
      "roman": "pradstaŭníca",
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "mluvčí"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "talsperson"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "woordvoerder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "woordvoerster"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who acts as the voice of a group of people",
      "word": "proparolanto"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "word": "puhetorvi"
    },
    {
      "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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