as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator
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McCombs served as editor of the Daily Princetonian student newspaper, became president of the Southern Club, was the leading orator in the American Whig Society and graduated cum laude in 1898.
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arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The eclectic cast of student orators are Noor, Noah, Sam, Mfaz, and Esther, the two-time reigning national champion in Oratory.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
Set to take place on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 10 a.m. on The Yard, the 68-year-old will serve as the Commencement orator and also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The Founding Father was an orator who gave the famous speech while proposing to fellow Virginia leaders that the colony raise troops to battle the British.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The eclectic cast of student orators are Noor, Noah, Sam, Mfaz, and Esther, the two-time reigning national champion in Oratory.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
Set to take place on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 10 a.m. on The Yard, the 68-year-old will serve as the Commencement orator and also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The Founding Father was an orator who gave the famous speech while proposing to fellow Virginia leaders that the colony raise troops to battle the British.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orator
speaker
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That means the speaker, whose name-recognition on a citywide level is low, has lots of ground to catch up with just weeks to go until the primary and early voting starting June 14.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
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More than a half-century later, Bill Clinton adopted a strategy of cooperation with the new Republican House speaker, Newt Gingrich, when Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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