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. 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
  • The award was presented by Paola Deda, chairperson of the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion and director of UNECE.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These messages, from both state departments and federal agencies, don’t appear to be a Hatch Act violation, said Dan Schnur, the former chairperson of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Content moderators in Kenya, who worked for Meta contractors, are in a compensation battle with the company for harm allegedly incurred from their work.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Scarlett Johansson has a conversation with 92NY Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf in New York City.
    Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The same is true for Kenn Ricci, a serial American aviation businessman and chairman of private jet company Flexjet.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Two days later, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr voiced his frustrations over Kimmel's comments and ABC temporarily pulled Kimmel from the air, while broadcasters Sinclair and Nexstar continued to preempt the show following its return on Sept 23.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With the Giants firing manager Bob Melvin, Bochy's old post has opened up, and the Giants' president of baseball operations is his former MVP catcher, Buster Posey.
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The company also announced that Gustav Söderström, co-president and chief product and technology officer, and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer, as its co-CEOs.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Prolocutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolocutor. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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