as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
was chosen as prolocutor of the international colloquium
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Recent Examples of prolocutor
Peter de Montfort is recorded as having been ‘prolocutor’ (i.e. speaker) of the ‘Mad’ Parliament which met at Oxford in 1258.
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Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 5 Jan. 2023
There are many notable individuals worthy of that kind of invite, but Mitchell is a fantastic choice, a powerful prolocutor for college grads who need to hear and be fortified by what the man offers.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 5 Jan. 2023
There are many notable individuals worthy of that kind of invite, but Mitchell is a fantastic choice, a powerful prolocutor for college grads who need to hear and be fortified by what the man offers.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolocutor
Noun
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The board’s chairperson, Jennifer Hockenhull, declined to comment on the lawsuit.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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From left to right: Banco Santander executive chairperson Ana Botin, Bank of America chair and CEO Brian Moynihan, TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Blackstone Group chair and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, during Trump's address at Davos.—
Alex Ledsom,
Fortune Europe,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In addition to writing, Michelle is a wine educator, moderator, and judge, and co-host of Just Getting Better podcast.—
Michelle Williams,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Try your hand as a Games moderator at the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the Games community forums.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Jim Marcum, currently CEO, will step into the role of executive chairman of David’s in addition to his current position as chairman of the board of directors.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Mar. 2025
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Johnson, an ultra-ambitious Texas Democrat but a junior House member of the House Naval Affairs Committee (which became the House Armed Services Committee after World War II), correctly surmised the panel’s imperious chairman, Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson, wasn’t going anywhere.—
David Mark,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Those moves were all done for the purpose of carving out the requisite flexibility so president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford, general manager Patrik Allvin and their Canucks hockey operations staff could put the finishing touches on a contending roster.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Throughout the president’s speech, the TV camera captured the party’s fossilized leadership.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Prolocutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolocutor. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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