prolocutrix
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin prōlocūtrix, from prōloquor.
Noun[edit]
prolocutrix (plural prolocutrices)
- (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.
- 1613–8, Daniel, Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626), page 141:
Synonyms[edit]
- (female prolocutor): prolocutress (rare), spokeswoman
Translations[edit]
female prolocutor — see spokeswoman
References[edit]
- “†Prolocutrix” listed on page 1,449/3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)