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–noun

1.	a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, esp. one of great eloquence: Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece.

2.	Law. a plaintiff in a case in a court of equity.

[Origin: 1325–75; < L ōrātor speaker, suppliant, equiv. to ōrā(re) (see oration) + -tor -tor; r. ME oratour < AF < L, as above

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—Related forms

or·a·tor·like, adjective

or·a·tor·ship, noun

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n.

One who delivers an oration.
An eloquent and skilled public speaker.

or'a·tor·ship' n.

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orator

c.1374, "one who pleads or argues for a cause," from Anglo-Fr. oratour, from O.Fr. orateur (14c.), from L. oratorem (nom. orator) "speaker," from orare "speak before a court or assembly, plead," from PIE base *or- "to pronounce a ritual formula" (cf. Skt. aryanti "they praise," Homeric Gk. are, Attic ara "prayer," Hittite ariya- "to ask the oracle," aruwai- "to revere, worship"). Meaning "public speaker" is attested from c.1430.

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orator
noun
a person who delivers a speech or oration

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orator [ˈorətə] noun

a person who makes public speeches, especially very eloquent ones

Arabic:	خَطيب، رَجُل فَصيح
Chinese (Simplified):	演讲者
Chinese (Traditional):	演講者
Czech:	řečník
Danish:	taler
Dutch:	redenaar
Estonian:	kõnemees
Finnish:	puhuja
French:	orateur, *-trice
German:	der, *die Redner(in)
Greek:	ρήτορας
Hungarian:	szónok
Icelandic:	ræðumaður
Indonesian:	ahli pidato
Italian:	oratore, oratrice

Japanese:	雄弁家
Korean:	웅변가
Latvian:	orators, runātājs
Lithuanian:	oratorius, kalbėtojas
Norwegian:	dyktig taler
Polish:	(kraso)mówca
Portuguese (Brazil):	orador
Portuguese (Portugal):	orador
Romanian:	orator
Russian:	оратор
Slovak:	rečník
Slovenian:	govornik
Spanish:	orador
Swedish:	vältalare
Turkish:	hatip

See also: oratory, oration

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Orator

Or"a*tor\, n. [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) 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.

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