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prolocutor

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pro⋅loc⋅u⋅tor

  [proh-lok-yuh-ter]
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–noun
1. a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
2. Church of England. the chairperson of the lower house of a convocation.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: one who speaks for another < L prōlocūtor one who speaks out, equiv. to prōlocū- (var. s. of prōloquī to speak forth; prō- pro- 1 + loquī to speak) + -tor -tor

Related forms:
pro⋅loc⋅u⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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pro·loc·u·tor   (prō-lŏk'yə-tər)   
n.  A presiding officer or chairperson, especially of the lower house of a convocation in the Anglican Church.

[Medieval Latin prōlocūtor, from prōlocūtus, past participle of prōloquī, to speak forth : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
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