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单词 oratress
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oratressn.

Brit. /ˈɒrətrᵻs/, /ɒrəˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈɔrətrəs/
Forms: 1500s oratrisse, 1500s–1600s oratresse, 1600s–1800s oratoress, 1600s– oratress.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: orator n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < orator n. + -ess suffix1: see -tress suffix. Compare earlier oratrice n., oratrix n.
1. A female pleader, petitioner, or plaintiff. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > one who pleads
pleader?a1300
mooterc1450
oratress1562
case-putter1680
1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 20v She that this mornyng could her mistres mynde disswade, Is now becomme an Oratresse, her lady to perswade.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. ix. 35 Because I see Loues Oratresse pleads tediouslie to thee.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 16 Had such an Oratresse beene heard to plead For faire Polixena.
1660 Char. Italy 14 Provided the Lady Pecunia be your Suada or Oratress.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 475/1 Oratrix, or Oratress, a female petitioner; a female plaintiff in a bill in Chancery [ed. 1872 adds was formerly so called].
2. A female public speaker.The non-gender-specific term orator is now generally preferred.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches
ditera1387
fair speakera1398
speakerc1400
pronouncer?a1425
orator?a1439
oratrice1565
oratress1587
rhetor1588
oratrix?1592
tongue-man1594
tonguesman1596
public speaker1646
holder-forth1661
tub-minister1662
spokesman1663
addresser1665
tub-drubbera1704
speech-maker1710
speecher1762
orationer1765
speechifiera1777
mob-orator1814
perorator1827
elocutionist1847
tub-orator1849
spokester1850
patterer1851
platformer1851
oratist1860
stem-winder1875
addressor1897
pep talker1925
the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > female
oratrice1432
oratrixa1469
oratress1587
invitress1617
solicitress1631
solicitrix1637
suitress1691
1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. H1v The eldest Sister hearing how cunningly and yet crookedly this pretie Oratresse aimed at ye matter, could not suffer to heare so long a tale without replye.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 98/2 (The School of Rhetorick) To each fair oratress this school Its rhet'ric strong affords.
1819 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 354 The oratoress gave her opinion pretty freely of the family.
1868 W. Whitman Poems 83 Listening to the orators and the oratresses in public halls.
1944 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 31 69 Lincoln sat with bowed head as the self-possessed oratress finished her criticisms.
1987 Amer. Lit. 49 277 The much discussed..pre-Civil War oratress Eliza P. Moseley.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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