{
    "term": "spokesman",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who speaks for a group or an organization",
            "sensetop": "spokesman for somebody/something",
            "labels": "British EnglishNorth American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a police spokesman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a spokesman on Northern Ireland"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a spokesman for the government",
                    "contextForm": "spokesman for somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics", "Jobs"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspəʊksmən/",
                "audio": "sp/spokesman/spokesman__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspəʊksmən/",
                "audio": "sp/spokesman/spokesman__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: formed irregularly from ‘spoke’ (past of speak), on the pattern of words such as craftsman."
}