as in lecturers
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 orators
In the 19th century, the voices of Black leadership were the abolitionists and educators, orators, and clergy.
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orators
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One of the worst offenders is the California Faculty Association (CFA), which represents over 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors, and coaches across California State University (CSU), a statewide system.—
Mark Pinkert,
Oc Register,
23 Dec. 2025
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These itinerant lecturers performed experiments and spectaculars in London coffeehouses and aristocratic salons, demonstrating Newtonian physics.—
Beth DuFault,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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Smart glasses typically combine cameras, microphones, speakers and artificial intelligence to interpret visual information in real time.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The cold curtailed what was initially planned as a two-mile march through downtown Minneapolis that would begin and end at Commons Park, with speakers addressing the crowd outdoors.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Orators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orators. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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