prolocutor

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This prolocutor, also, was generally the author of a sketch of the piece; but the actors were not confined to the mere outline which he had furnished.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

He was chosen prolocutor to the Convocation from 1623-4.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Ulysses, a dwarf, and the prolocutor for the Grecians, gave me leave, that am a pigmy, to do an embassage to you from the cranes.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

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

From The Vicar of Wakefield by Goldsmith, Oliver

The Lower House of Convocation elected him prolocutor.

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