press agent
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- noun
- /prɛs ˈeɪdʒənt/
:
agente de prensa
- I just got off the phone with Frank the press agent.
Examples
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When we got there, May Anna sat in the car and wouldn't get out until the press agent jiggled her arm and said, "Come on, honey."
Fiction book (1990) -
How did you come to be a press agent?
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You ought to get yourself a good press agent to sell you to the public.
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You can be my press agent.
Fiction book (2001) -
The press agent said he'd fix things.
Fiction book (1990) -
According to the newspapers, you're her greatest press agent.
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After May Anna finished her speech and everybody left, her press agent came up and tried to shoo us off, but May Anna gave him a hard look.
Fiction book (1990) -
The famous actress hired a press agent to help manage her image and increase her visibility in the media.
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As a press agent, he was responsible for arranging interviews and ensuring that his client received positive coverage.
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After the scandal, the celebrity's press agent worked tirelessly to mitigate the negative publicity.
Synonyms
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A person who gets news and media attention for someone or something
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Someone who manages how an organization looks to the public and talks to the media
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A man who helps a person or company look good in the news
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A person who manages how people see a company and talks to the press
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A woman who works to get news about someone or their company in the media
A man who makes a person, company, or event known to many people
A person or group who makes something known to many people to promote it
A woman who helps a company or person manage their public image and deal with the media
How Defensive
- Literature
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- Slang
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123
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'press' (the media/journalists) and 'agent' (a representative who acts for others); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer an agent who works with or for the press to generate publicity. This noun–noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically common, making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Press agent The noun press agent comes from a time when newspapers were printed on a press and an agent was someone who worked for a client. A press agent would give stories to reporters so the client got attention, so today the term means 'a person who creates publicity'.