biloquist

noun

biloquist

noun

Etymology Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).

1

Rare A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

  • Back in Maisel, I was a biloquist. A common street performer. What you would call a ventriloquist.1999, Jack O'Connell, Word Made Flesh, →ISBN, page 28:
Related terms
biloquial, biloquism, biloquium

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