prolocutor
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōlocūtor, from Latin prōlocūtus, from pro (“before”) + locūtus (“having spoken”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjətə/, /pɹə(ʊ)ˈlɒkjʊtə/[1][2]
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈlɑkjətə/, /pɹoʊˈlɑkjutə/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒləˈkjuːtəɹ/, /ˌpɹoʊləˈkjuːtəɹ/, /ˈpɹɒləˌkjuːtəɹ/[3][4]
Noun
prolocutor (plural prolocutors)
- A spokesman, one who speaks on behalf of others.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
- Not Hermes Prolocutor to the Gods,
Could vſe perſwaſions more pathetical.
- A speaker; a presiding officer of an assembly:
- A chairman of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.
References
- ^ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “prou'lɔkjutə*”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)[1], Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 344.
- ^ Szigetvári, Peter; Lindsey, Geoff (2013–2022), “prolocutor”, in Current British English: searchable transcriptions (CUBE)[2]
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Prolocutor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1449.
- ^ Walker, John (1791), “Prolocutor”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: G. G. J. and J. Robinſon […] and T. Cadell, →OCLC, page 409.