orator

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/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

  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
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noun

  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  2. 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.”
  3. (obsolete)Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
  4. (obsolete)A petitioner, a supplicant.

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Etymology

From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

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