Lexic.us

Definition of Press agent

1. Noun. Someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure).

Definition of Press agent

1. Noun. A person who organizes the publicity for a firm or organization, and acts as an intermediary with the press and other media ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Agent

Literary usage of Press agent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"World's Work 34:243-4 Jl '17 Uncle Sam's press-agent. Lit Digest 54:1865 Je 16 '17 Public lands Bee Public lands (United States) Race problems Does the ..."

2. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"And with a press agent, the first of his clan in America! Cowell writes: " Agents had been dispatched to Europe for talent of every description, ..."

3. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"It is the press-agent's duty, too, to arrange with his people the interviews ... The advent of the press- agent has made it a fine art, and the growing ..."

4. Common Sense in Politics by Job Elmer Hedges (1910)
"VI THE press agent THE necessity for publicity in politics has produced almost a new vocation in that of the press agent. Competition in business requires ..."

5. Common Sense in Politics by Job Elmer Hedges (1910)
"VI THE press agent THE necessity for publicity in politics has produced almost a new vocation in that of the press agent. Competition in business requires ..."

6. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"CHAPTER XXXVI press agent EFFICIENCY ELEMENTARY advertising in any line is to attract attention to wares offered. One frequently sees this accomplished by a ..."

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