prolocutor
nounUK /pɹə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjətə/ · US /pɹoʊˈlɑkjətə/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English prolocutor, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prōlocūtor.
1
A spokesman, one who speaks on behalf of others.
- Not Hermes Prolocutor to the Gods, Could vſe perſwaſions more pathetical.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
2
A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly
› A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly:
3
A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.
- Derived terms
- prolocutorship, prolocutress