prolocutrix

noun

prolocutrix

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prōlocūtrīx. By surface analysis, prolocutor + -trix. First attested in 1612.

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Feminine, Obsolete Female equivalent of prolocutor.

  • Lady Countesse, hath the Lords made you a charter, and sent you (for that you are an eloquent speaker) to be their aduocate and prolocutrix?1612, Samuel Daniel, The First Part of the History of England, published 1626, page 141:
  • A furious clash fell betwixt them who should be the Prolocutrix.1660, James Howell, Parly Beasts, page 33:

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