"porte-parole" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pɔʁ.t(ə).pa.ʁɔl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-porte-parole.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: porte-parole [plural]
Etymology: From porter + parole. First attested in 1552 as Middle French porteparolle. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|porter|parole}} porter + parole, {{inh|fr|frm|porteparolle}} Middle French porteparolle Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense|#|head=porte-parole}} porte-parole m or f by sense (plural porte-parole)
  1. spokesperson; spokesman, spokeswoman Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: représentant, truchement Derived forms: porte-parolat, porte-paroler

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          "ref": "2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde",
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