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
The Indiana Klan peaked under Stephenson, who was known as a spellbinding orator.
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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
Mario Cuomo, the soaring orator and three-term governor, embodied the liberal conscience of the 1980s.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
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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
Mario Cuomo, the soaring orator and three-term governor, embodied the liberal conscience of the 1980s.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orator
Noun
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Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Richter — who, like Cantor, had spent her entire career here, first as a research mathematician and then, after retiring, as a lecturer on the history of mathematics — gestured for Goos to sit.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the adjacent vinyl listening room, a 1,500-pound wall composed of vintage Japanese speakers creates an unexpected backdrop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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However, some speakers said that current ICE leadership can’t be compared with those under previous administrations.—
Stacy Brandt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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