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prolocutor

[proh-lok-yuh-ter] / proʊˈlɒk yə tər /






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Olivia undertook to be our prolocutor, and delivered the whole in the summary way, only saying, "We were thrown from our horses."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

Not Hermes, prolocutor to the gods, Could use persuasions more pathetical.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 by Marlowe, Christopher

William Twisse, D.D., of Newbury, was to be prolocutor, or chairman, of the assembly; and he was to have two "assessors," to supply his place in case of necessary absence.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

The Lower House of Convocation elected him prolocutor.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The address however was called on by the pr�ses, being apparently quite unaware that a prolocutor should be chosen by the clergy before they proceeded to business.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various