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biloquist en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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Relateds

biloquial · biloquism · biloquium

wikipedia: Charles Brockden Brown