biloquist

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noun

A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

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Meanings

nounbiloquist (plural biloquists)

plural biloquists

  1. rareA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ventriloquist

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

biloquist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biloquist

MLA

“biloquist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biloquist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biloquist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biloquist.

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