Adman

  

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Adman

Definition: Adman

Adman

Noun

1. Someone whose business is advertising.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Adman

Synonyms: advertiser (n), advertizer (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Adman

DomainTitle

Books

  • "And hearing not--" : annals of an adman (reference)

  • Adventures of an Adman (reference)

  • Jesus and the Adman (reference)

  • John Caples, adman (reference)

  • Moscow Meets Madison Avenue: The Adventures of the First American Adman in the U.S.S.R (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Adman

"Adman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Adman" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.33%1493,893
Noun (common)6.67%1339,140
                    Total100.00%15N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

adman

19
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Adman

Language Translations for "adman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

reklamní agent. (various references)

   

Danish

  

reklamemand (advertising man), reklameindslag (advertising expert, advertising man, advertising spot, spot), reklameagent (advertising man). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

reclameconsulent (advertising expert, advertising man), reclameadviseur (advertising expert, advertising man). (various references)

   

French

  

agent de publicité (advertising agent, advertising expert, advertising man), publicitaire (advertiser, advertising, advertising agent, advertising expert, advertising man). (various references)

   

German

  

Werbefachmann (advertising expert, advertising man, advertising specialist). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επαγγελματίας διαφημιστής (advertising man), διαφημιστής (advertising man, promoter). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

reklámszakértő (admen), hirdetési ügynök (admen, advertising agent). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tecnico pubblicitario (advertising man), media-man (advertising expert, advertising man). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

admanay

   

Portuguese

  

agente publicitário (advertising expert, advertising man, publicity agent), publicitário (advertising person). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

admen сотрудник рекламного агентства. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

técnico publicitario (advertising expert, advertising man), publicitario (advertising, advertising agent, advertising man, publicity). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

reklamman. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

reklâmcı (advertiser, huckster, publicist, publicity agent, publicity man). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người chuyên vẽ quảng cáo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Adman

Derivations

Words ending with "adman": badman, beadman, headman, leadman, madman. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Adman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aasman, Adama, Adamon, adan, adana, Adano, Adeang, adema, adian, adima, adja, Adjan, admag, admant, Admap, admay, admend, adment, admi, admins, admon, admun, Adnam, Adomnan, aidmen, Aiman, aimant, Ajmal, Ajman, alman, amain, amaj, aman, amani, Amant, a'mhain, Amran, andyman, armana, asma, atma, Audran, Avma, ayman, Aymon, azmat, badman, Cadnam, Dajan, damin, Damna, Danann, dman, Dmna, edmen, Ednam, Ednan, Ekman, Hadman, igman, Jamdani, sadman. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Adman"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "adman" (pronounced a"dmun)
5a" d m u nadmen, Badman, madmen.
4-d m u nBoardman, Freedman, Goodman, headman, Herdman, Landman, Rodman, Woodman.
3-m u nabdomen, acumen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, gunman, hangman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Adman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: daman.

Words within the letters "a-a-d-m-n"

-1 letter: damn, mana, nada.

-2 letters: ama, ana, and, dam, mad, man, nam.

-3 letters: aa, ad, am, an, ma, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-m-n"
 

+1 letter: aidman, anadem, badman, damans, madman, maenad.

 

+2 letters: adamant, adenoma, anadems, armband, beadman, daysman, drayman, grandam, grandma, headman, ladanum, landman, leadman, madonna, madrona, maenads, managed, mandala, mandate, mandola, manmade, mansard, manward, monadal, monarda, sandman, tamandu, yardman.

 

+3 letters: abdomina, adamance, adamancy, adamants, adenomas, adynamia, adynamic, alderman, amandine, animated, armbands, bandsman, beadsman, boardman, cardamon, cyanamid, dairyman, dalesman, damaging, damnable, damnably, diamante, dragoman, emanated, empanada, endamage, endameba, farmhand, farmland, grandame, grandams, granddam, grandmas, handmade, handmaid, handyman, headsman, labdanum, ladanums, landmark, landmass, landsman, laudanum, leadsman, madonnas, madronas, madwoman, maenades, maenadic, magdalen, mainland, manacled, manatoid, mandalas, mandalic, mandamus, mandarin, mandated, mandates, mandator, mandioca, mandolas, mandrake, mansards, manwards, marinade, monardas, mridanga, napalmed, pagandom, radioman, tamandua, tamandus, tamarind, vanadium, zamindar.

 

+4 letters: abdominal, adamances, adamantly, adenomata, adynamias, allemande, almandine, almandite, amendable, ampersand, amygdalin, andromeda, calamined, candygram, cardamons, comanaged, cyanamide, cyanamids, dalmatian, damascene, damasking, damnation, damnatory, deaminase, deaminate, deathsman, demandant, diamantes, draftsman, dragomans, dreamland, dynamical, ealdorman, empanadas, endamaged, endamages, endamebae, endamebas, endamoeba, farmhands, farmlands, gammadion, grandames, granddams, guardsman, handmaids, labdanums, laminated, landmarks, laudanums, magdalene, magdalens, mainlands, mandarins, mandatary, mandating, mandators, mandatory, mandiocas, mandrakes, manhandle, mansarded, marauding, marinaded, marinades, marinated, marshland, memoranda, monodrama, montadale, mridangam, mridangas, nialamide, pagandoms, swampland, tamanduas, tamarinds, tradesman, unashamed, undamaged, unmanaged, vanadiums, vandalism, zamindari, zamindars.

 

+5 letters: abominated, adamancies, adamantine, admiration, admittance, aldermanic, alderwoman, allemandes, almandines, almandites, amantadine, amendatory, ammoniated, ampersands, amygdalins, anadromous, anagrammed, anatomised, anatomized, andromedas, animadvert, animalized, animatedly, bandmaster, barramunda, barramundi, bemadaming, calamander, calamondin, campaigned, candygrams, chairmaned, commandant, cyanamides, dalmatians, damagingly, damascened, damascenes, damnations, deaminases, deaminated, deaminates, defamation, delaminate, demandable, demandants, demoniacal, diagraming, dipsomania, dreamlands, endamaging, endamoebae, endamoebas, handmaiden, husbandman, imbalanced, landmasses, laundromat, laundryman, machinated, magdalenes, maidenhair, maidenhead, mainlander, maintained, mandamused, mandamuses, mandarinic, mandibular, mandragora, manhandled, manhandles, marginated, marinading, marshlands, meadowland, mediastina, mismanaged, monodramas, montadales, montagnard, mridangams, nialamides, panjandrum, reanimated, redamaging, salamander, salmagundi, shadchanim, smaragdine, staminodia, swamplands, unacademic, undramatic, vandalisms, zamindaris.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Adman


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 64 6D 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -..    --    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100100 01101101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#100 &#109 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0064 006D 0061 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3570796780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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