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forespeakers

forespeakers is the plural of forespeaker.

Meaning of forespeaker

Noun

forespeaker (plural forespeakers)

  1. (historical, obsolete) One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.
    • When professional lawyers attending the royal courts first become visible to historians in the thirteenth century, it is clear that they were already divided into two groups with distinct functions: the pleaders or 'forespeakers' who spoke for litigants (subject to disavowal) in court; and the...2000, David Lemmings, Professors of the Law, →ISBN

Questions about forespeakers

What is forespeakers the plural of?
Forespeakers is the plural of forespeaker.

Words near forespeakers in the dictionary

  1. forespace
  2. forespaces
  3. forespake
  4. forespeak
  5. forespeaker
  6. forespeakers
  7. forespeakest
  8. forespeaketh
  9. forespeaking
  10. forespeakings
  11. forespeaks

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