as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator
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Recent Examples of orator
My own children may not remember their grandfather, the skilled orator.
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
This year’s theme is centered around orator and scholar Frederick Douglass.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
The Indiana Klan peaked under Stephenson, who was known as a spellbinding orator.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
In Millard’s telling, Garfield truly was a potential successor to Lincoln, a great orator and sturdy Midwesterner who abhorred slavery and spoke to the country’s highest ideals.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
This year’s theme is centered around orator and scholar Frederick Douglass.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
The Indiana Klan peaked under Stephenson, who was known as a spellbinding orator.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
In Millard’s telling, Garfield truly was a potential successor to Lincoln, a great orator and sturdy Midwesterner who abhorred slavery and spoke to the country’s highest ideals.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orator
Noun
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Banks is a brand ambassador for Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow program and a lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology.—
Ardian Wibisono,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Sheikh Kashiff Khan, an Islamic lecturer based out of Maryland, worries that AI systems designed for Islamic knowledge are being developed without sufficient involvement from qualified Islamic scholars.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Close attention to form lets the language travel through many speakers without losing its anchor on the page.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Silver was Shelly Silver, Heastie’s predecessor as speaker, who died a felon in federal prison.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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