orator
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/ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
(UK)
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/ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/ · /ɵˈɾeʈə(ɾ)/
Definition of orator
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
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noun
- Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
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A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
“Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them? Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator? Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies, Looke for orations when the foe is neere. Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs.”
“[…] when it becomes obvious that I have not the slightest skill as a speaker – unless, of course, by skilful speaker they mean one who speaks the truth. If that is what they mean, I would agree that I am an orator, though not after their pattern.”
- (obsolete)Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
- (obsolete)A petitioner, a supplicant.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.
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