HARANGUES

Noun

harangues

plural of harangue

Verb

harangues

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harangue

Usage notes

Note that the object of the plural is the speeches being made, not the number of recipients of the speech.

Source: Wiktionary

HARANGUE

Ha*rangue", n. Etym: [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See Ring.]

Definition: A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.

Syn.

– Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.

Ha*rangue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued; p. pr. & vb. n. Haranguing.] Etym: [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.]

Definition: To make an harangue; to declaim.

Ha*rangue", v. t.

Definition: To address by an harangue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition