biloquist

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English

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Etymology

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Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).

Noun

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biloquist (plural biloquists)

  1. (rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
    • 1999, Jack O'Connell, Word Made Flesh[1], →ISBN, page 28:
      Back in Maisel, I was a biloquist. A common street performer. What you would call a ventriloquist.
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References

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.