adman

noun

ad·​man ˈad-ˌman 

: a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisements

Examples of adman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

Etymology

ad entry 1 + man entry 1

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adman

• madmen