Meaning

4 senses
  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

    Redner, Rednerin

    ора́торorátor

    промо́вецьpromóvecʹ, ора́торorátor

    a person who delivers a speech or oration

  2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

    ора́торorátor

  3. (obsolete)Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.

  4. (obsolete)A petitioner, a supplicant.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Cicero was a famous ancient orator.

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  2. Listening to the orator's incoherent ramblings was excruciating.

    ruСлушать бессвязные разглагольствования выступающего было мучительно.

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  3. We praise and honor wise and good orators.

    deWir preisen und ehren kluge und gute Redner.

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  4. An orator is made, but a poet is born.

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  5. After a two hour speech everyone was tired of the soapbox orator.

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Translations

9 languages
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someone who orates or delivers an oration:
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someone who orates or delivers an oration:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone who orates or delivers an oration:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: orators
Singularorator
Pluralorators

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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