† 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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