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orator
[ awr-uh-ter, or- ]
noun
- a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece.
- Law. a plaintiff in a case in a court of equity.
orator
/ ˈɒrətə /
noun
- a public speaker, esp one versed in rhetoric
- a person given to lengthy or pompous speeches
- obsolete.the claimant in a cause of action in chancery
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Other Words From
- ora·tor·like adjective
- ora·tor·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
But the Roman orator Cicero felt that Calgacus and the peoples vanquished by Rome were missing a broader point.
In Canning he found, or rather projected, “a genius, almost a universal one, an orator, a wit, a poet, a statesman.”
What was jarring was the orator in question—President Nicolas Maduro.
They have never sat in a large lecture hall with a spellbinding orator.
Obama is unique in that before his presidency, he was an accomplished writer, and he is rightly known as an inspiring orator.
The voice of the orator peculiarly should be free from studied effects, and responsive to motive.
Frantic applause, several times repeated, which drowned the voice of the orator.
Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.
Samuel Badcock, an English divine and writer, died; admired as a pulpit orator and a man of literary talent.
Charles Montague, earl Halifax, died; an eminent English statesman, orator and poet.
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