 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
orator
noun: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: {speechmaker},
{rhetorician}, {public speaker}, {speechifier}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Orator \Or"a*tor\, noun [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See
{Oration}.]
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. --Shak.
Some orator renowned
In 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}.
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