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orator |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orator \Or"a*tor\, n. [L., fr orare to speak, utter. See {Oration}.] 1. A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is --Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. --Milton. 2. (Law) a In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner. b A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery. --Burrill. 3. (Eng. Universities) An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also {public orator}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: orator n : a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: {speechmaker}, {rhetorician}, {public speaker}]
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