publicist
NounUS[puhb-lih-sist]/ˈpʌblɪsɪst/3 syllables
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Noun (1)
- someone who publicizesSynonyms: publicizerpubliciserType of communicatorKinds press agent, advertiser, sensationalist
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pub′li·cist noun
Origin: Cf. F. publiciste.
A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.
The Whig leaders, however, were much more desirous to get rid of Episcopacy than to prove themselves consummate publicists and logicians.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54