adman

noun

ad·​man ˈad-ˌman How to pronounce adman (audio)
: a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisements

Examples of adman in a Sentence

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Don, who died in 2012, was an artist, curator, and adman who founded a marketing firm in 1952 that specialized in home décor, repping the Danish designer Georg Jensen. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2025 He was followed by Chester Bowles, the adman turned civil rights champion. Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 No publication flattered this back-to-the-land shift more than the Whole Earth Catalog, started in 1968 with the decisive assistance of an inheritance from Brand’s adman father. Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 14 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for adman

Word History

Etymology

ad entry 1 + man entry 1

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of adman was in 1894

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“Adman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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