Thesaurus results for ORATOR

orator

noun

ˈȯr-ə-tər

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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Recent Examples of orator According to an insider, Curry was chosen to speak for his role as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and his talent as an orator. —

Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 The power of an orator who can, in this way, fuse feeling and doctrine is immense. —

Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Her father Walter was a prominent lawyer and orator. —

Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026 While some post-emancipation Black leaders backed social integration, author, orator and educator Washington, the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, urged self-reliance. —

Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for orator

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Noun

Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 July 2026
According to historian, author and lecturer Roger Smith, Florida's absence from most Revolutionary War lessons stems from one key fact.

— Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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Under the bill, the 11-member state Board of Education would expand to 13, allowing for the Senate president pro tem and the Assembly speaker to appoint two more members.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
Its members and supporters include the parliamentary speaker and government ministers.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026