convocant
- noun
- /kənˈvoʊkənt/
- Formal
:
convocador
- As the convocant of the meeting, she ensured that everyone received the agenda in advance.
Examples
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The convocant called the community members to gather for an important discussion.
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The local convocant organized a town hall to address pressing issues faced by residents.
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Especially not when one of them was a Supreme Convocant of the United Ethnos of Humanity.
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But she was a human, and in trouble, and I was an aide to a UnEthHu Convocant.
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He hired me away from Convocant Sutherland.
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"How many calices does Convocant Devaro wish to purchase?" the warrior asked.
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"You are a clerk to Convocant Magnell Sutherlan."
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I reached Zurich, explained my delay to Convocant Sutherlan, filed my report, and sat back to wait for the inevitable flurry of attention that the discovery of a new verloren culture would surely stir up.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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4.0
A person who calls out instructions at events like dances
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5.7
A person who sets up meetings and asks people to come
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9.5
A person who brings official papers telling people to go to church court
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
convocant = convocate (semi-transparent) = con + voc + ant
If a learner knows 'convocate', the noun meaning 'one who calls together' is a straightforward agentive use of '-ant'.
Etymology
Convocant comes from the parts con- 'together' and voc- 'to call', so it literally names a person who calls others to meet. That is why a convocant can be the organiser or caller of a meeting.