tongue-mann.
/ˈtʌŋmən/ ? Obsolete.
A speaker, 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
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Fv Our present incorporation..by me the tongue-man of their thankfulnes..bid you welcome.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 845/1 Poisonous tonguemen and libellous pen-men.
a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 55 I am no tongue-man, nor can move with language; but if we come to act, I'll not be idle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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