orator
Someone who orates or delivers an orationSomeone who orates or delivers an oration.
» Cicero was a famous ancient orator.
Meaning
4 sensesSomeone who orates or delivers an oration.
Redner, Rednerin
ора́торorátor
промо́вецьpromóvecʹ, ора́торorátor
a person who delivers a speech or oration
A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
ора́торorátor
(obsolete)Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
(obsolete)A petitioner, a supplicant.
Examples
13 sentencesCicero was a famous ancient orator.
Listening to the orator's incoherent ramblings was excruciating.
ruСлушать бессвязные разглагольствования выступающего было мучительно.
We praise and honor wise and good orators.
deWir preisen und ehren kluge und gute Redner.
An orator is made, but a poet is born.
After a two hour speech everyone was tired of the soapbox orator.
Translations
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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: oratorsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a person who delivers a speech or oration:speechmakerrhetoricianpublic speakerspeechifier