Definitions for: Orator


[n] a person who delivers a speech or oration



Webster (1913) Definition: Or"a*tor, n. [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See
Oration.]
1. A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially,
one distinguished for his skill and power as a public
speaker; one who is eloquent.

I am no orator, as Brutus is. --Shak.

Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome.
--Milton.

2. (Law)
(a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
petitioner.
(b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
--Burrill.

3. (Eng. Universities) An officer who is the voice of the
university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads,
and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with
an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary
degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like
duties; -- called also public orator.

Synonyms: public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker

See Also: Burke, Cicero, demagog, demagogue, Demosthenes, Edmund Burke, elocutionist, eulogist, haranguer, Henry, Isocrates, Marcus Tullius Cicero, panegyrist, Patrick Henry, rabble-rouser, speaker, spellbinder, talker, tub-thumper, Tully, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

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