orator
n.
one who delivers a speech; public speaker; preacher
Orator
orator
Noun
1. a person who delivers a speech or oration
(synonym) speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier
(hypernym) speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
(hyponym) eulogist, panegyrist
(derivation) orate
Orator (der)
n.
orator, one who delivers speech; public speaker; preacher
Orator
(n.)
In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
(n.)
A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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