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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orator \Or"a*tor\, n. [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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
orator
n : a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: {speechmaker},
{rhetorician}, {public speaker}]
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