publicist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker.
  2. A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics.
  3. A scholar, of public or international law.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-publicist.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-publicist.wav

Word forms

publicist publicists

Etymology

Borrowed from French publiciste, equivalent to public + -ist.

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.