prolocutor noun. ['prǝʊlǝkju:tǝ, 'prɒl-, prǝ(ʊ)'lɒkjʊtǝ] LME.
[Latin, from prolocut-: see PROLOCUTION, -OR.]
1. A person who speaks on behalf of another or others; a spokesperson. Now rare. LME.

2. spec.
a. = ADVOCATE noun 1. Scot. M16-L18.
b. The chair of the lower house of convocation of either province of the Church of England. M16.
c. The presiding officer or speaker of any assembly. M16.

■ prolocutorship noun the office or function of prolocutor E18.

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