orators

[awr-uh-ter, or-]

or·a·tor

[awr-uh-ter, or-]
noun
1.
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially 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; < Latin ōrātor speaker, suppliant, equivalent to ōrā(re) (see oration) + -tor -tor; replacing Middle English oratour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

or·a·tor·like, adjective
or·a·tor·ship, noun
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