Definition of orator
1 : one who delivers an oration The orator delivered the funeral oration at the cathedral.
2 : one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker is a masterly orator, able to reduce a throng of thousands to a hushed silence — Raymond Bonner
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Examples of orator in a Sentence
though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator
Recent Examples of orator from the Web
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High up in that elite category was Winston Churchill, one of the greatest speechwriters and orators of the past century, and the most unabashedly theatrical of them all.
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High up in that elite category was Winston Churchill, one of the greatest speechwriters and orators of the past century and the most unabashedly theatrical of them all.
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Comey is a gifted orator who is not shy about claiming the spotlight.
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Cicero, the great Roman orator and politician, was one of the biggest influences on language throughout Europe.
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Yankee orators, soldiers or not, used Memorial Day rhetoric to pronounce their sense of victory over the rebellion and often over slavery.
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First Known Use of orator
15th century
ORATOR Defined for English Language Learners
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: a person who makes speeches and is very good at making them
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: a public speaker noted for skill and power in speaking
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