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Orator

//ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  2. 2
    a person who delivers a speech or oration wordnet
  3. 3
    A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

    "Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them? Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator? Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies, Looke for orations when the foe is neere. Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs."

  4. 4
    Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger. obsolete
  5. 5
    A petitioner, a supplicant. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

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