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orator Definition

ora·tor (ôrət ər, är-)

noun

  1. a person who delivers an oration
  2. an eloquent public speaker

Etymology: ME oratour < OFr orateur < L orator

orator Synonyms

orator

n.

speaker, lecturer, declaimer, pleader; see speaker 2.

orator Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: A committed socialist he became a well-known street orator.
  • spellbind: But Steve is a compelling presence and a spellbinding orator.
  • bear: Why, you're a born orator, man!
  • hear: Speakers corner is well worth a visit on a Sunday morning to hear the soapbox orators talking politics and religion to the listing crowd.
  • do: How does the orator through the power of words succeed?

Converse of subject

  • dominate: The diplomatic scene will be dominated by philosophical orators who rave a lot about nothing.

Adjective modifier

  • gifted: Robinson was a gifted orator who knew how to talk to the Longbridge workforce.
  • brilliant: A brilliant orator, for many years he paid an annual visit to London where he preached in crowded chapels.
  • outstanding: Considered by many to be an outstanding orator, he was widely tipped to be a future prime minister.
  • great: He was neither a great orator nor a first-rate lecturer.
  • powerful: He was now becoming well known as a powerful orator.
  • popular: His power as a popular street-corner orator was probably unequaled in that generation.

Modifies a noun

  • scheme: Trials are in process at the moment of the Lodge Orator scheme in several Provinces in conjunction with Grand Lodge.

Noun used with modifier

  • pulpit: Mr. Guthrie's reputation as a pulpit orator had now been unquestionably established.
  • soapbox: Speakers corner is well worth a visit on a Sunday morning to hear the soapbox orators talking politics and religion to the listing crowd.
  • commemoration: Once an annual celebration at King's, the first ever Commemoration orator was author and poet G K Chesterton.
  • street: A committed socialist he became a well-known street orator.
  • box: Prophets were the soap box orators of their time.
  • class: Bryan was a seasoned debater and first class orator.

Possessives

  • movement: Considered to be one of the movement's best orators, Breckinridge toured the country campaigning for the vote.
orator Quotes

Orator vir bonus dicendi peritus. An orator is a good man, skilled in speaking.

—'the Censor'

  It cannot reasonably be doubted, but a little miss, dressed in a new gown for a dancing-school ball, receives as complete enjoyment as the greatest orator, who triumphs in the splendour of his eloquence, while he governs the passions and resolutions of a numerous assembly.

—Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von

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