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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.
Origin of orator 1325–75; <Latin
ōrātor speaker, suppliant, equivalent to
ōrā (
re ) (see oration) +
-tor -tor; replacing Middle English
oratour <Anglo-French <Latin, as above
OTHER WORDS FROM orator or·a·tor·like, adjective or·a·tor·ship, noun Words nearby orator orarion, orarium, orate, orate fratres, oration, orator , Oratorian, oratorical, oratorio, oratory, oratrix
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Example sentences from the Web for orator But the Roman orator Cicero felt that Calgacus and the peoples vanquished by Rome were missing a broader point.
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In Canning he found, or rather projected, “a genius, almost a universal one, an orator , a wit, a poet, a statesman.”
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What was jarring was the orator in question—President Nicolas Maduro.
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“100 Years Ago Teddy Roosevelt Got Shot in the Chest, Then Gave a Speech Anyway,” at Mental Floss Talk about an orator .
The Independent Rundown, October 15 | Matthew DeLuca| October 15, 2012| DAILY BEAST
President Obama can be, if anything, overrated as an orator .
Obama’s Stirring U.N. Speech: John Avlon | John Avlon| September 25, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Colonel Baker had been senator for Oregon, and was well known as an orator .
North America, Volume I (of 2) | Anthony Trollope
Leave being granted, the Athenian orator entered on his subject by sketching the course of events for the last sixty years.
Stories from Thucydides | H. L. Havell
The Orator was announced in the bills as "a finished speaker."
Punchinello Vol. II., No. 30, October 22, 1870 | Various
That under excitement speech acquires a certain rhythm, we may occasionally perceive in the highest efforts of an orator .
Illustrations of Universal Progress | Herbert Spencer
Cicero wishes that he had proved himself as good a citizen, as he was an orator .
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence | Cornelius Tacitus
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British Dictionary definitions for orator 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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Words related to orator preacher, lecturer, rhetorician, sermonizer, lector, reciter, declaimer, pontificator