Dictionary

orator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/ (New-York-City)
• ôr'ə-tər (US)
• /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

Meanings

1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
   • Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them? Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator? Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies, Looke for orations when the foe is neere. Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
   • […] when it becomes obvious that I have not the slightest skill as a speaker – unless, of course, by skilful speaker they mean one who speaks the truth. If that is what they mean, I would agree that I am an orator, though not after their pattern. 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 19:
3. (obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
4. (obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.

Forms

Deriveds

stump orator · oratorlike · oratory · oratress · public orator · oratorize · oratorship

Synonyms

speaker

Translations (88)

pt orador (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · am ተናጋሪ (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sk rečníčka (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · uk промо́вець (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · pl oratorka (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · tr hatip (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · az natiq (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ur خَطِیب (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · it oratrice (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · mi pūkorero (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · bg ора́тор (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · el αγορήτρια (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ru ора́тор (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · cs řečník (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · el ρήτορας (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · la ōrātor (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ca oradora (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · fr oratrice (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · la ōrātrīx (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · pl orator (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · cs rétor (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · de Rednerin (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · es orador (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sh беседник (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sh orator (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · lt oratorius (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · kk шешен (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · lv orators (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · nl redenaar (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ro orator (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · eo oratoro (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · el αγορητής (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ar خَطِيب (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ca orador (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · grc ῥήτωρ (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · sw msemaji (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · gl oradora (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ru ора́тор (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · pl mówca (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ja 雄弁家 (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · pdt Rädna (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · be прамо́ўца (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ky чечен (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · fa سخنران (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · hi वक्ता (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · fi puhuja (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ar خَطِيبَة (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ky оратор (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sk rečník (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · cmn 演說者 /演说者 (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · gl orador (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · hy հռետոր (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · da taler (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · fr orateur (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · nv nanitʼáii (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · pl mówczyni (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ga óráidí (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · cs řečnice (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · pt oradora (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ro oratoare (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ka ორატორი (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sh оратор (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · it oratore (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · tg суханпардоз (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ko 웅변가 (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · de Redner (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · az natiq (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · fa ناطق (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · eo oratorino (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · uz notiq (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · grc ῥήτωρ (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · tg нотиқ (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · da taler (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · fa خطیب (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sv orator (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sl govornik (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · ja 演説家 (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · es oradora (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sh besednik (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · cs řečník (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · ja 能弁家 (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · uk ора́тор (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · sv talare (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · et oraator (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · nl redenaar (skilled and eloquent public speaker) · be ара́тар (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · tg суханоро (someone who orates or delivers an oration) · tg суханвар (someone who orates or delivers an oration)