Usually means: Expert in manipulating public opinion.
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  1. spin doctor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spin-doctor, spin doctor: Merriam-Webster
  3. spin doctor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spin doctor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spin doctor: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spin doctor: Vocabulary.com
  7. spin-doctor, spin doctor: Wordnik
  8. spin doctor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. spin doctor: Wiktionary
  10. spin doctor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. spin doctor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. spin doctor: Dictionary.com
  13. Spin Doctor, Spin doctor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. spin doctor: Rhymezone
  15. spin doctor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. spin doctor: FreeDictionary.org
  17. spin doctor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Spin Doctor: The Word Detective
  19. spin doctor: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spin Doctor: CCI Computer
  2. spin doctor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spin doctor: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Spin doctor: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. spin doctor: Idioms

(Note: See spin_doctoring as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spin doctor)

noun:  (business, politics) 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.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To generate spin (favourable interpretation or bias).

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