单词 | orator |
释义 | orator —oratorlike, adj. —oratorship, n. /awr"euh teuhr, or"-/, n. 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. [1325-75; < L orator speaker, suppliant, equiv. to ora(re) (see ORATION) + -tor -TOR; r. ME oratour < AF < L, as above] |
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