orator
Someone who orates or delivers an orationSomeone who orates or delivers an oration.
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» Cicero was a famous ancient orator.
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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. — shanghainese
We praise and honor wise and good orators.
deWir preisen und ehren kluge und gute Redner. — Waldelfe
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
Word family
8 related wordsSee also
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