† forespeakern.
Obsolete.
1. One who speaks for another; an advocate. (The later examples are Scottish.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun] > one who
forespeakerc1175
sequesterc1380
meanc1384
meanera1387
mediatorc1410
advocatec1450
intercessor1482
advowrer1508
attorney1537
paranympha1538
paraclete?1548
advocator1588
intercedera1656
intercedenta1661
supercargo1713
citizen advocate1958
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > one who pleads > one who defends another
patrona1387
forespeaker1427
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 83 Þes Mon bi-com uorspeker.
a1400 in Rel. Ant. 2 229 Come, shuppere, Holy Gost..Thou that art cleped vorspekere.
1427 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 16 Consalers & forspekars nedful til his caus.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 183 The hous of Fabis..made Ceso Fabius, consul, to be forespekare for thaim.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 12 The defender, nor his forespeaker sould nocht be challenged be anie petition of the persewer.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 99 She..nae forspeakers has her claim to ca'.
2. One who speaks first; the leader of a meeting.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > person who speaks first
forespeaker1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Forespeaker, or whych speaketh firste, antiloquus.
1745 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 491 A congregation so..noisy, encouraged thereto by their forespeaker, a drunken alehouse keeper.
3. Scottish. The foreman of a jury.
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a1600 Aberd. Reg. (Jam.).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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