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Definition of prolocutor in English: prolocutornoun prə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjʊtəˈprəʊləˌkjuːtəproʊˈlɑkjədər 1A chairperson of the lower house of convocation in a province of the Church of England. （英国国教教省教牧人员下院会议的）主席，议长 Example sentencesExamples - The archbishop presided over the whole convocation; the lower house, when sitting separately, was chaired by its elected prolocutor, its channel of communication to the bishops.
2archaic, formal A spokesman. Synonyms speech-maker, public speaker, lecturer, talker, speechifier, expounder, orator, declaimer, rhetorician, haranguer
OriginLate Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin, from prolocut- 'spoken out', from the verb proloqui, from pro- 'before' + loqui 'speak'. Definition of prolocutor in US English: prolocutornounprōˈläkyədərproʊˈlɑkjədər 1A chairperson of the lower house of convocation in a province of the Church of England. （英国国教教省教牧人员下院会议的）主席，议长 Example sentencesExamples - The archbishop presided over the whole convocation; the lower house, when sitting separately, was chaired by its elected prolocutor, its channel of communication to the bishops.
2formal, archaic A spokesperson. Synonyms speech-maker, public speaker, lecturer, talker, speechifier, expounder, orator, declaimer, rhetorician, haranguer
OriginLate Middle English (in prolocutor (sense 2)): from Latin, from prolocut- ‘spoken out’, from the verb proloqui, from pro- ‘before’ + loqui ‘speak’. |