orator

[ awr-uh-ter, or- ]
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noun
  1. a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence: Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece.

  2. Law. a plaintiff in a case in a court of equity.

Origin of orator

1
1325–75; <Latin ōrātor speaker, suppliant, equivalent to ōrā(re) (see oration) + -tor-tor; replacing Middle English oratour<Anglo-French <Latin, as above

Other words from orator

  • or·a·tor·like, adjective
  • or·a·tor·ship, noun

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orator

/ (ˈɒrətə) /


noun
  1. a public speaker, esp one versed in rhetoric

  2. a person given to lengthy or pompous speeches

  1. obsolete the claimant in a cause of action in chancery

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