tonguesmann.
rare.
= tongueman n.
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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
1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake Ded. sig. A2 So he, and I his tongues-man, doe require Thy Sanctuarie.
1610 R. Davies Chesters Triumph sig. B2v [To Mercury] Descend then, Tongues-man of the Universe.
1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 252 Certain rough and ready tonguesmen..spoke, if not absolutely well, yet forwardly and fluently.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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