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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Six months later, the audience has changed because Notre Dame is two wins away from its first national championship since 1988 and the orator is more central to the story.
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
For instance, the boat may stop by the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum, for the historian to discuss the famous orator’s life in Baltimore, working in a shipyard, and that of Myers, a free Black Baltimorean who became a ship caulker and union leader.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
Booker, a powerful orator and tough legislator, has often risen to the moment.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
But the ascent of Mr. Boko, a charismatic orator with a flair for promising to defend the downtrodden, reveals the cracks in Botswana’s miracle rags-to-riches story.
—Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
For instance, the boat may stop by the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum, for the historian to discuss the famous orator’s life in Baltimore, working in a shipyard, and that of Myers, a free Black Baltimorean who became a ship caulker and union leader.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
Booker, a powerful orator and tough legislator, has often risen to the moment.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
But the ascent of Mr. Boko, a charismatic orator with a flair for promising to defend the downtrodden, reveals the cracks in Botswana’s miracle rags-to-riches story.
—Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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