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prolocutrix

prolocutrix

English

Noun

prolocutrix (plural prolocutrices)

  1. (obsolete) A female prolocutor; a spokeswoman.
    • 1613–8, Daniel, Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626), page 141:
      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?
    • 1660, Howell, Parly Beasts, page 33:
      A furious clash fell betwixt them who should be the Prolocutrix.

Synonyms

  • (female prolocutor): prolocutress (rare), spokeswoman

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