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or⋅a⋅tor

  [awr-uh-ter, or-]
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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

Related forms:
or⋅a⋅tor⋅like, adjective
or⋅a⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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or·a·tor   (ôr'ə-tər, ŏr'-)   
n.  

  1. One who delivers an oration.

  2. An eloquent and skilled public speaker.

or'a·tor·ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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orator

the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad historical repercussions. The orator may become the voice of political or social history.

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