† prolocutressn.
Obsolete. rare.
= prolocutrix n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of > female
moderatress1601
chairwoman1699
prolocutress1737
moderatrix1753
speakeress1781
chairlady1925
1737 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 100/2 They voted..that—Miss Patty Pos shou'd take the Chair, and be the Prolocutress of this House.
1852 Arthur's Home Mag. Oct. 76/1 Mrs. Montague was deputed to be the prolocutress of this female convocation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1737- have a maw to
- have a miff
- have a mike
- have a mind
- have a mind above buttons
- have a mind of one's own
- have a miss of
- have a moan
- have a moment
- have a monk on
- have a monkey on
- have a monkey on one's back
- have a month's mind
- have a moody
- have a nap
- have a neck
- have a neck to
- have a nerve
- have a nice day
- have a night of it
- have a night on it
- have a on wield
- have a pash for
- have a pash on
- have a pee