prolocutrix

English

Etymology

From the Latin prōlocūtrix, from prōloquor.

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

Translations

female prolocutor — see spokeswoman

References

• “†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.)