? Obs. [f. TONGUE sb. + MAN sb.1] A speaker, an orator.
1594. Nashe, Unfort. Trav., Wks. (Grosart), V. 69. Our present incorporation … by me the tongue-man of their thankfulnes … bid you welcome.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xxiv. (1623), 1175. Poysonous tonguemen and libellous Pen-men.
1627. E. F., Hist. Edw. II. (1680), 55. I am no tongue-man, nor can move with language; but if we come to act, I’ll not be idle.
