press agent

noun

: an agent employed to establish and maintain good public relations through publicity
press-agent verb
press-agentry noun

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Phylicia Rashad, who directed Purpose on Broadway, sat in a circular booth chatting with Victoria Clark, a 2023 Tony winner for Kimberly Akimbo, and press agent Irene Gandy. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025 Honoring her personal team, Bates thanked her agent Brian Mann at CAA and press agent Rachel Karten. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 June 2025 Is the campaign being masterminded by a press agent, or was that person laid off? Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025 But in New York, there has always been the theater business, as in producers and theater owners and press agents, all squeezed together in the hothouse neighborhood branded Broadway and integral to New York’s international identity since the Roaring ’20s. Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for press agent

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Etymology

press entry 1

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of press agent was in 1883

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“Press agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20agent. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

press agent

noun
: a person employed to establish and keep up good public relations by publicity
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