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Webster 1913 Edition
Orator
1.
A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
I am no
orator
, as Brutus is. Shakespeare
Some
In Athens or free Rome.
orator
renownedIn Athens or free Rome.
Milton.
2.
(Law)
(a)
In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.
(b)
A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
Burrill.
3.
(Eng. Universities)
An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; – called also
public orator
. Webster 1828 Edition
Orator
OR'ATOR
,Noun.
1.
A public speaker. In ancient Rome, orators were advocates for clients in the forum and before the senate and people. They were employed in causes of importance instead of the common patron.2.
In modern usage, a person who pronounces a discourse publicly on some special occasion, as on the celebration of some memorable event.3.
An eloquent public speaker; a speaker, by way of eminence. We say, a man writes and reasons well, but is no orator. Lord Chatham was an orator.4.
In France, a speaker in debate in a legislative body.5.
In chancery, a petitioner.6.
An officer in the universities in England.Definition 2024
orator
orator
English
Alternative forms
- oratour (obsolete)
Noun
orator (plural orators)
Synonyms
Translations
someone who orates or delivers an oration
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Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From orare.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈraː.tor/, [oːˈraː.tɔr]
Noun
ōrātor m (genitive ōrātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
| genitive | ōrātōris | ōrātōrum |
| dative | ōrātōrī | ōrātōribus |
| accusative | ōrātōrem | ōrātōrēs |
| ablative | ōrātōre | ōrātōribus |
| vocative | ōrātor | ōrātōrēs |
Descendants
References
- orator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ORATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “orator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
- to say only a few words: pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
- to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
- orator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- orator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
From French orateur, Latin ōrātor.
Noun
orator m (plural oratori, feminine equivalent oratoare)
Declension
declension of orator
Related terms
- urător