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or·a·tor
/ˈɔrətɚ/
演說者,演講者,雄辯家,原告,請願人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Or·a·tor
n.
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
.
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
orator
n
:
a
person
who
delivers
a
speech
or
oration
[
syn
:
speechmaker
,
rhetorician
,
public speaker
,
speechifier
]
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