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orator
/ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
noun 4
Collocations
3ADJ.
ancient, confident, famous, good, great, great
VERB + ORATOR
become, hould, play
ORATOR + NOUN
elles, tech
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
2
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.
[…] when it becomes obvious that I have not the slightest skill as a speaker – unless, of course, by skilful speaker they mean one who speaks the truth. If that is what they mean, I would agree that I am an orator, though not after their pattern.
3
Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
4
A petitioner, a supplicant.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who delivers a speech or oration
- speechmaker
- rhetorician
- speechifier
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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
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[…] when it becomes obvious that I have not the slightest skill as a speaker – unless, of course, by skilful speaker they mean one who speaks the truth. If that is what they mean, I would agree that I
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An orator is made, but a poet is born.
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After a two hour speech everyone was tired of the soapbox orator.
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Cicero was a great orator and a great philosopher; therefore, a great poet.
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William's charisma helped him overcome his fear of public speaking and become a confident orator.
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