Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spin doctor
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The senator's spin doctors are working overtime to explain away his recent lawsuit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At 46 he's now director of corporate communications at Whitbread's Brewery what others might call a spin doctor.
▪ It will take a masterly spin doctor to conjure upbeat images from a bleak Kansas youth.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
spin doctor
spin doctor \spin doctor\ n. a spokesperson for a political party or candidate who tries to forestall negative publicity.
Wiktionary
spin doctor
n. (context business politics English) A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person. vb. To generate spin#Noun (''favourable interpretation or bias'').
WordNet
spin doctor
n. a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person; "his title is Director of Communications but he is just a spin doctor" [syn: spinmeister]