Prōl'o-cū'tor or Pro-lŏc'ū-tor, n.

noun

n. [Lat., from proloqui, prolocutus, from pro, before, for, and loqui, to speak; O. Fr. prolocuteur.]

  1. One who speaks for another. Jeffrey.
  2. The speaker or chairman of a convocation.

The Lower House of Convocation elected him prolocutor. Macaulay.