publicity man
- noun
- /ˈpʌblɪsɪti mæn/
- Archaic
:
publicista
- "You sure you want to do this?" asked the sunburnt little gink who was her publicity man, Anderson yclept.
Examples
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You see, your publicity man did a good job on me.
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Look here, I happen to know her publicity man.
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Those are publicity men from the War Department.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm supposed to be the best publicity man
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"Even Horace Bently, the publicity man at the Opera House, is impressed.
Fiction book (1991) -
The company hired a new publicity man to help increase their brand awareness.
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As a publicity man, he organized events to showcase the artist's work to the media.
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Every major film needs a skilled publicity man to handle press releases and interviews.
Synonyms
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5.0
A person who gets news and media attention for someone or something
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3.7
A person who works to get news and attention for a company, group, or famous person
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3.6
Someone who manages how an organization looks to the public and talks to the media
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4.4
A man who helps a person or company look good in the news
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3.2
A person who manages how people see a company and talks to the press
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5.8
A woman who works to get news about someone or their company in the media
A woman who helps a company or person manage their public image and deal with the media
A person or group who makes something known to many people to promote it
Antonyms
How Effective
- Archaic
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4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a man whose job is to arrange publicity...' is directly and compositionally derived from 'publicity' (making information known) + 'man' (a male person). This modifier+noun job-description pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun publicity man comes from old theatres and newspapers. A publicity worker would stand in public, hand out posters, or talk to reporters to get people to know about a show or person, so today publicity man means a man whose job is to arrange 'publicity'.