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
This year’s theme is centered around orator and scholar Frederick Douglass.
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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
Mario Cuomo, the soaring orator and three-term governor, embodied the liberal conscience of the 1980s.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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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
Mario Cuomo, the soaring orator and three-term governor, embodied the liberal conscience of the 1980s.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orator
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That statue was an important symbol for students from farm-working families in North County, said Karla Reyes, the operations manager at the Centro Cultural de la Raza and ethnic studies lecturer at MiraCosta College.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Taparjan is a British Romanian filmmaker and academic in North East England, working as a senior lecturer in social work at Teesside University.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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Of course, some speakers simply blurted out what was on their mind.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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After deliberations, council members largely agreed there should be no explicit ordinances about when during the meeting speakers can address non-agenda items, and the mayor can use his or her discretion about when to hear input, depending on the schedule of the meeting.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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