advance man
nounDefinition of advance man
: an employee who makes arrangements and handles publicity in advance of an appearance or engagement by the employer (such as a political candidate or a circus)
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One of his teachers unwittingly asked him to work as an advance man for Nixon’s upcoming campaign visit to the campus. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "Dick Tuck, Democratic prankster who targeted Nixon, dies at 94," 31 May 2018 As an advance man on the presidential campaign of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, John Anderson’s last assignment was to stand on the funeral train with a list of passengers and help them get to the car each had been assigned to. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, "Kennedy advance man remembers his last assignment," 8 Mar. 2018 Instead of riches, the Chicago native found himself in Barcelona working as an advance man in the midst of an odd mishmash of a musical revue. — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, "'El Grande de Coca-Cola' cheerily invites cringes and cackles alike," 5 Mar. 2018 Before the same event, an irate Trump phoned his longtime advance man George Gigicos to complain the crowds at the rally looked sparse on television. — Kevin Liptak, CNN, "'He cut your heart out': Trump's anger proves memorable," 16 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'advance man.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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