prōˈläkyə]d.ə(r), ]tə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin, from pro- pro- (II) + locutor speaker, from locutus (past participle of loqui to speak) + -or
1.
a. : one who speaks, pleads, or interprets for another : spokesman
in a national crisis one … prolocutor who spoke in the name of all the estates — T.E.May
b. Scotland : an advocate or legal spokesman in a court of law
2.
a. : the speaker or presiding officer of the lower house of a convocation of the Church of England through whom all resolutions of the lower house are communicated to the upper house
b. : the presiding officer or chairman of a meeting or assembly