publicist

[ puhb-luh-sist ]

/ ˈpʌb lə sɪst /

a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.

an expert in current public or political affairs.

an expert in public or international law.

Origin of publicist

From German, dating back to 1785–95; see origin at public, -ist

But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.

Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say |Kevin O’Keeffe |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And with that, a publicist swoops in and announces that our time is up.

Christoph Waltz on Bond, Burton, and Channeling His Inner Darkness |Marlow Stern |December 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Earlier this year, his publicist dismissed one of the stories as “discredited.”

How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account |Scott Porch |December 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
[The publicist] said that the shoot really gave [Madonna] confidence.

London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings |Justin Jones |October 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

I sent his publicist a galley of the book after it was finished.

A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters |Scott Porch |September 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On the whole he is as inferior to Burke as a publicist, as he is superior to him as a metaphysician.

The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 |Friedrich Schlegel
What sort of figure as a publicist or inspired political writer would a man like Croker cut at this end of the century?

The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 |Various
This famous archæologist and publicist has been a leading authority on the eastern side of the Adriatic for more than forty years.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 |Henry Baerlein
This may be said to be the view of the publicist or legalist.

The Deaf |Harry Best
German lawyer and publicist, councillor at the Court of Justice at Berlin in 1843.

Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino |Duchesse De Dino

publicist

/ (ˈpʌblɪsɪst) /

a person who publicizes something, esp a press or publicity agent

a journalist

rare a person learned in public or international law