Word family noun public publication publicist publicity adjective public verb publicize adverb publicly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpublicistpub‧li‧cist /ˈpʌblɪsɪst/ noun [countable] BOBBAsomeone whose job is to make sure that people know about a new product, film, book etc or what a famous person is doingExamples from the Corpus
publicist• One thing at least has become clear: their work often sat uneasily beside the dictums of its would-be publicists.• All fabricated by his publicists, before his new movie came out.• Mr Kelly, who had suffered strokes in 1994 and 1995, died in his sleep, his publicist said.• Clive James says they can only get blander because of the power of publicists.• Claire Raskind, publicist for Fish Tale Productions, which just finished shooting the film, declined comment.• Lorna's publicist, physician, astrologer or other senior members of her entourage might also be present.• Um when Jenny is done with the publicist she is going to look at it and figure out what her options are.From Longman Business Dictionarypublicistpub‧li‧cist /ˈpʌblɪsɪst/ noun [countable]JOBMARKETING a person or organization whose job is to make sure that people know about an event or a new product, book, film etcShe got a letter from the magazine promising every publicist’s dream: guaranteed favorable coverage in its pages. 