ORATOR

orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier

(noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

orator (plural orators)

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

Synonyms

• speaker

Source: Wiktionary

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Or"a*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See Oration.]

1. A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.

2. (Law) (a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner. (b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery. Burrill.

3. (Eng. Universities)

Definition: An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties;

– called also public orator.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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