orator
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence: Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece.
Law. a plaintiff in a case in a court of equity.
Origin of orator
1Other words from orator
- or·a·tor·like, adjective
- or·a·tor·ship, noun
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How to use orator in a sentence
Born into slavery around 1819, the renowned abolitionist worked the fields of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and docks of Baltimore before escaping to freedom in New York where he emerged as a famed orator, writer, and publisher.
New musical highlights Frederick Douglass but falls short | Patrick Folliard | August 12, 2022 | Washington BladeLincoln wanted to know what the other great orator thought about his speech.
The Speech That Launched Frederick Douglass’s Life as an Abolitionist | Linda Hirshman | February 16, 2022 | TimeThe traumatized population of Paris, egged on by political orators, were ready to explode.
Climate Chaos Helped Spark the French Revolution—and Holds a Dire Warning for Today | Mike Duncan | October 20, 2021 | TimeHis father, Mario Cuomo, a gifted orator and thinker who was talked about as a future presidential candidate until he blinked unexpectedly at a moment when he was prepared to announce his candidacy, served three terms as governor.
Cuomo seeks to buy time amid scandals, taking a lesson from Bill Clinton of ‘never quit’ | Dan Balz | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostMarten is a gifted and eternally optimistic orator who can spellbound audiences talking about the promise of education.
Morning Report: Carlsbad Restaurants Are Ground Zero for COVID Defiance | Voice of San Diego | January 19, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
But the Roman orator Cicero felt that Calgacus and the peoples vanquished by Rome were missing a broader point.
In Canning he found, or rather projected, “a genius, almost a universal one, an orator, a wit, a poet, a statesman.”
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat was jarring was the orator in question—President Nicolas Maduro.
How Nicolas Maduro Is Strangling Democracy In Venezuela | Mac Margolis | October 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey have never sat in a large lecture hall with a spellbinding orator.
How to Reinvent College Rankings: Show the Data Students Need Most | Steve Cohen | March 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTObama is unique in that before his presidency, he was an accomplished writer, and he is rightly known as an inspiring orator.
Can Barack Obama Break the Second-Inaugural Curse? | John Avlon | January 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe voice of the orator peculiarly should be free from studied effects, and responsive to motive.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickFrantic applause, several times repeated, which drowned the voice of the orator.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBoth of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydSamuel Badcock, an English divine and writer, died; admired as a pulpit orator and a man of literary talent.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellCharles Montague, earl Halifax, died; an eminent English statesman, orator and poet.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
British Dictionary definitions for orator
/ (ˈɒrətə) /
a public speaker, esp one versed in rhetoric
a person given to lengthy or pompous speeches
obsolete the claimant in a cause of action in chancery
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