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单词 prelocutor
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prelocutorn.

Brit. /ˌpriːˈlɒkjᵿtə/, U.S. /priˈlɑkjədər/
Forms: pre-1700 prelocutour, pre-1700 preloquitor, pre-1700 preloquitour, pre-1700 preloquitur, pre-1700 preloquotour, pre-1700 preloqutour, pre-1700 preloquutour, pre-1700 1900s– prelocutor.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praelocutor.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praelocutor spokesman (12th cent. in British and continental sources), advocate (14th cent. in a Scottish source), borough official (1416 in a British source), parliamentary speaker (15th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin praelocūt- , past participial stem of praeloquī to speak beforehand or before another ( < prae- pre- prefix + loquī to speak: see loquent adj.) + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier prolocutor n.
Scots Law. Now historical and rare.
An advocate, a pleader; a spokesman; = prolocutor n.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another
whistlec1380
dictourc1440
orator1474
prolocutor?a1475
prelocutor1500
vauntparler1534
paranympha1538
mouth1563
speech1578
speaker1583
promotor1603
ambassador1611
suffragant1613
suffragator1618
mouthpiece1776
linguist1819
megaphone1909
porte-parole1911
spokesperson1972
1500 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 474 Quhatsumever thingis the sadis my procuratouris or thare substitutis or prelocutouris..ledis to be done.
1517 in W. C. Dickinson Sheriff Court Bk. Fife (1928) 70 The..actione & cause persewit be Johne broune..& master Thomas wemis prelocutour & procuratour for hyme aganis Johne spens.
1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 254 Comperand personalie with Maister Alexander Sym prelocutor.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert I in Regiam Majestatem 23 The defender or his preloquutour sould not answer; before the complainer or his preloquutour hes spoken and said all.
1631 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 191 It is alledgit be Mr Alexander Peirsone as prelocutor for the pannell that it can nocht nor sould nocht be proceidit againes the pannell heir in Scotland.
1986 Law & Hist. Rev. 4 421 In 1368 Thomas Scot had as his prelocutor his lord John Lindsay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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