speech-makern.
One who makes or delivers a speech or speeches, esp. in public; an orator.
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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
1710 J. Swift (title) The famous Speechmaker of England; or Baron..Lovel's Charge at the Assizes.
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 94/2 Their Youth became Witlings, Demi-Criticks, and Speech-makers.
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xix Let me see the speech-maker, and I'll tell you what he says.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 30 The consummate skill of professional speech-makers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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