orator

  • 11orator — is spelt or, not orater …

    Modern English usage

  • 12orator — [n] speaker declaimer, lector, lecturer, pontificator, preacher, public speaker, reciter, rhetorician, sermonizer; concepts 60,285 …

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  • 13orator — ► NOUN ▪ a proficient public speaker. DERIVATIVES oratorial adjective …

    English terms dictionary

  • 14Orator — Ora|tor 〈m. 23; Antike〉 (begabter, erfolgreicher) Redner [lat.] * * * Orator   [lateinisch] der, s/... toren, Redner (in der Antike). * * * Ora|tor, der; s, ...oren [lat. orator]: 1. Redner in der Antike. 2. (bildungsspr. selten) Redner …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 15orator — The word translated ‘orator’ by AV (Isa. 3:3) is better rendered ‘enchanter’(NRSV, REB) or ‘soothsayer’ (NJB). The ‘orator’ Tertullus (Acts 24:1) is better described as an ‘advocate’ (REB, NJB) …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 16orator — [[t]ɒ̱rətə(r), AM ɔ͟ːr [/t]] orators N COUNT: oft adj N An orator is someone who is skilled at making formal speeches, especially ones which affect people s feelings and beliefs. Lenin was the great orator of the Russian Revolution. Syn: public… …

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  • 17orator — noun a proficient public speaker. ↘(also public orator) an official speaking for a university on ceremonial occasions. Derivatives oratorial adjective Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. oratour, from L. orator speaker, pleader …

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  • 18orator — UK [ˈɒrətə(r)] / US [ˈɔrətər] noun [countable] Word forms orator : singular orator plural orators someone who makes speeches in public, especially someone who is good at doing this …

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  • 19orator — n. 1 a a person making a speech. b an eloquent public speaker. 2 (in full public orator) an official speaking for a university on ceremonial occasions. Derivatives: oratorial adj. Etymology: ME f. AF oratour, OF orateur f. L orator oris speaker,… …

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  • 20orator — oratorlike, adj. oratorship, n. /awr euh teuhr, or /, n. 1. a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, esp. one of great eloquence: Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece. 2. Law. a plaintiff in a case in a court of… …

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