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Definition of orator in English: oratornoun ˈɒrətə 1A public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled. a theatrically effective orator Example sentencesExamples - Public speeches by master orators were also very popular as a performing art.
- James Dillon in his heyday was about the only orator of modern times to match such eloquence.
- Lincoln was a skilled orator, brilliant at fashioning American constitutionalism into a rhetorical sword that could save the Union.
- At the UN, it doesn't matter whether you speak only French and the orator is waxing eloquent in Chinese.
- The prophet is a speaker, an orator, a preacher.
- Chief Seattle, a Suquamish Indian who lived on the Puget Sound outside the city that bears his name, was a skilled diplomat and a great orator.
- The eloquent orator far prefers to work from a few scribbled notes rather than stick to a pre-prepared speech.
- Both were highly effective orators, but with markedly different techniques.
- Those French orators engaged in the real matters of public concern address the king and the great nobles either from the pulpit or in parliament.
- The miniature was a gift from the forty-year-old artist to her famous and frequent client, the orator and public servant Daniel Webster.
- Lecturing to the packed Images Theatre and in a subsequent on-stage interview with the Peak, he showed himself to be a skilled orator as he challenged prevailing ideology.
- Instead, in the form of a symposium with other orators, he elaborates on the qualities of an effective speaker and an effective speech.
- An attractive orator and accomplished trial lawyer, Edwards can now effectively compete for the nomination.
- It is not because one had awful speakers and the other superb orators.
- He was a skilled orator and yet a three-hour speech (not uncommon) left his listeners with memories of just a few sentences.
- At that time the name was given to the professional orators, who appeared in public with great pomp and delivered declamations either prepared beforehand or improvised on the spot.
- One of the Democratic Party's greatest orators argued, ‘We are not for propagating philanthropy at the point of the bayonet.’
- They were skilled orators, inspired and inspiring interpreters of scripture, and miracle workers.
- A great orator and man of the theatre, Jimmy won many awards in drama festivals during the fifties and sixties, winning the best actor award on more than one occasion.
- In the years since, Atlas has carved a name for himself as one of the most eloquent orators on the sport.
Synonyms speaker, public speaker, speech-maker, lecturer, declaimer, rhetorician informal spieler historical demagogue, rhetor - 1.1 An official speaking for a university on ceremonial occasions.
Example sentencesExamples - Her life achievements were outlined by the university's public orator, Professor Vivian de Klerk.
- It was, in the felicitous words of Oxford University's orator, that in his years at the Navy Office he had ‘encompassed Britain with wooden walls’.
- Ascham himself taught Latin, Greek, and logic, being also university public orator, and, though seemingly always subject to health and money difficulties, sought wider responsibilities.
Derivatives adjective ɒrəˈtɔːrɪəl These elections will be a signal of whether he can match oratorial style with ballot box substance. Example sentencesExamples - It is true - his oratorial skills are only matched by his prowess as an actor!
- Mopping up the attention, he adopted his most oratorial voice to declare that people must hold the Government and the EU accountable by voting No.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratour, from Latin orator 'speaker, pleader'. Definition of orator in US English: oratornoun A public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled. a theatrically effective orator Example sentencesExamples - Chief Seattle, a Suquamish Indian who lived on the Puget Sound outside the city that bears his name, was a skilled diplomat and a great orator.
- It is not because one had awful speakers and the other superb orators.
- He was a skilled orator and yet a three-hour speech (not uncommon) left his listeners with memories of just a few sentences.
- Lecturing to the packed Images Theatre and in a subsequent on-stage interview with the Peak, he showed himself to be a skilled orator as he challenged prevailing ideology.
- Both were highly effective orators, but with markedly different techniques.
- In the years since, Atlas has carved a name for himself as one of the most eloquent orators on the sport.
- Those French orators engaged in the real matters of public concern address the king and the great nobles either from the pulpit or in parliament.
- James Dillon in his heyday was about the only orator of modern times to match such eloquence.
- A great orator and man of the theatre, Jimmy won many awards in drama festivals during the fifties and sixties, winning the best actor award on more than one occasion.
- Lincoln was a skilled orator, brilliant at fashioning American constitutionalism into a rhetorical sword that could save the Union.
- At the UN, it doesn't matter whether you speak only French and the orator is waxing eloquent in Chinese.
- At that time the name was given to the professional orators, who appeared in public with great pomp and delivered declamations either prepared beforehand or improvised on the spot.
- The prophet is a speaker, an orator, a preacher.
- The eloquent orator far prefers to work from a few scribbled notes rather than stick to a pre-prepared speech.
- Public speeches by master orators were also very popular as a performing art.
- They were skilled orators, inspired and inspiring interpreters of scripture, and miracle workers.
- One of the Democratic Party's greatest orators argued, ‘We are not for propagating philanthropy at the point of the bayonet.’
- Instead, in the form of a symposium with other orators, he elaborates on the qualities of an effective speaker and an effective speech.
- An attractive orator and accomplished trial lawyer, Edwards can now effectively compete for the nomination.
- The miniature was a gift from the forty-year-old artist to her famous and frequent client, the orator and public servant Daniel Webster.
Synonyms speaker, public speaker, speech-maker, lecturer, declaimer, rhetorician
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French oratour, from Latin orator ‘speaker, pleader’. |