prolocutor
Americannoun
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a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
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Church of England. the chairperson of the lower house of a convocation.
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Etymology
Origin of prolocutor
1400–50; late Middle English: one who speaks for another < Latin prōlocūtor one who speaks out, equivalent to prōlocū- (variant stem of prōloquī to speak forth; prō- pro- 1 + loquī to speak) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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He was chosen prolocutor to the Convocation from 1623-4.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Not Hermes, prolocutor to the gods, Could use persuasions more pathetical.
From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 by Marlowe, Christopher
Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor, and delivered the whole in the summary way, only saying, "We were thrown from our horses."
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
Ulysses, a dwarf, and the prolocutor for the Grecians, gave me leave, that am a pigmy, to do an embassage to you from the cranes.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor, and delivered the whole in a summary way, only saying, 'We were thrown from our horses.'
From The Vicar of Wakefield by Goldsmith, Oliver
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