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Definition of Orator
Orator

A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.

In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.

A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.

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.

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Orator Quotations

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
Wendell Phillips

Orator Translations

orator in Dutch is redenaar
orator in German is Redner
orator in Italian is oratore
orator in Latin is orator
orator in Spanish is orador

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