prologist

Definitions

The writer or speaker of a prologue.

rare

Equivalents

Examples

“The following Play⟳…The Prologist and Epilogist represent⟳ the whole Course of Literature.”

“Such a prologist as Sir Dudley seemed scarcely to threaten⟳.”

“The principal characters in the play⟳ appear⟳ to have⟳ been grouped in a kind of tableau on the stage⟳ while the prologue was delivered, in this as in some other plays. The prologist informs the audience that the two captives who stand⟳ in chains on his right and left, are Philocrates, a young noble of Elis, and his slave Tyndarus.”

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