Prolocutrix
Origin
From the Latin prÅlocÅ«trix, from prÅloquor.
Full definition of prolocutrix
Noun
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.
Synonyms
- (female prolocutor) prolocutress rare, spokeswoman