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adman

adman

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A man who works in advertising, creating ads and campaigns
  • noun
  • /ˈædˌmæn/
: publicista
  • The second The Last Days of Disco, An Account of the Real Story Upon Which the Movie Was Based by Jimmy Steinway, the "Dancing Adman." The book was actually written by Stillman, and it includes basically the same story as the one presented in the film, with a number of additions, the largest being the reunion.
  • a former adman
  • Adman of the Year

Examples

  • And Adman for Miss York.

    Sex and the City 2 (2010)

  • The work of the adman was, in a sense, a parody of the work Crane wished to do in poetry.

    Academic text (1997)

  • - So, it's the dancing adman.

    The Last Days of Disco (1998)

  • His admiration for the professionalism and the new type of knowledge of the "Adman" constituted a consistent theme in his self-realization as an artist and an integral part of his art.

    Academic text (2000)

  • An experienced adman, he developed innovative campaigns that transformed brands.

  • "As a successful adman, his ideas always captivated a wide audience," she mentioned during the meeting.

  • The adman collaborated with various clients to create compelling advertisements that resonated with consumers.

Surface Forms

adman singular
admen plural

Morphology

adman = ad + man (transparent) = ad + man

The word is a straightforward compound of the colloquial noun 'ad' and 'man', so learners who know those words can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word adman is a short name made from ad (short for 'advertisement') and man ('a person'). So, adman simply means a person who works in advertising, often the creative person or the manager who makes the ideas for ads.