orator

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or·a·tor | \ ˈȯr-ə-tər

, ˈär- \

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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Synonyms for orator

Synonyms

lecturer,
speaker

Examples of orator in a Sentence

though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator

Recent Examples on the Web One century before Malcolm X emerged as a fiery critic of American values, Ruggles was a gifted orator who inspired audiences to care about the liberation of slaves. — USA Today, 2 Sep. 2021 In the years just before his death, Frederick Douglass, the great Black orator and abolitionist, spent a two-year stint as the American consul to Haiti. — Washington Post, 8 July 2021 Messiaen provided florid descriptions of the movements, and in this one the reed warbler is the great orator of his local lily pond. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021 Kaluuya is especially great as a revolutionary orator and complex leader deemed too dangerous to exist by the federal government. — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2021 The 14-year-old author and orator, who spoke at President Joe Biden's inauguration and at the Democratic National Convention conference in 2020, suffers from a speech impediment and stutter. — Jacorey Moon, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2021 He had been considered a favorite of King Hussein’s, a more polished orator with a more academic mind than Abdullah, and had been groomed as a teenager for the throne. — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021 The trail allows easy access–via short detours–to Webster Lake, where orator Daniel Webster spent summers as a boy, and Enfield Shaker Museum, which exhibits the signature minimalist furniture of this Christian sect. — Jeanine Barone, WSJ, 10 June 2021 Tacitus, the famed historian and orator, describes him killing his pregnant wife, Poppaea, by kicking her in the stomach. — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2021

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