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.
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I am no orator, as Brutus is. --Shak.
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Some orator renowned
In Athens or free Rome. --Milton.
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2. (Law)
(a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
petitioner.
(b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
--Burrill.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
orator
n : a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: speechmaker,
rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
ORATOR, practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a
perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin,
Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19..
2. In chancery, the party who files a bill calls himself in those
pleadings your orator. Among the Romans, advocates were called orators.
Code, 1, 8, 33, 1.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker
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