prolocutor

noun /pɹə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjətə/

1. A spokesman, one who speaks on behalf of others.

   Could vſe perſwaſions more pathetical.

   Not Hermes Prolocutor to the Gods,

2. A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly

3. A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly: — A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English prolocutor, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prōlocūtor.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry prolocutor (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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