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means A man appointed to speak on behalf of a person, group, or organization, especially to the public or press.

from A compound of 'spokes' and 'man.' The first part is the odd bit: it's the old past participle of 'speak' — once 'spoke,' as in 'I have spoke' — with an inserted 's,' giving us the form 'spokesman,' meaning roughly 'one who has spoken (for others).' The word emerges in English around the 16th–17th centuries, and the gender-neutral 'spokesperson' is a much later, 20th-century arrival.