orator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

   Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them? Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator? Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies, Looke for orations when the foe is neere. Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who delivers a speech or oration

3. 3
   noun

   Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

4. 4
   noun

   Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.

5. 5
   noun

   A petitioner, a supplicant.

Etymology

From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.