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English
Etymology
Probably coined by American novelist Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) in Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (1805).
Noun
biloquist (plural biloquists)
- (rare) A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
1999, Jack O'Connell, Word Made Flesh, →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
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.