orator B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/ UK /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #39468 Meanings 1 noun A skilled and persuasive public speaker. The senator was a brilliant orator who could hold any crowd. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a skilled and persuasive... public speakerrhetorician More speaker Word family Forms orators Derived forms oratorizeoratorlikeoratorshiporatoryoratress Etymology AI details From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor. oratour Middle English ōrātor Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # orator **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 39468 ## Meanings 1. A skilled and persuasive public speaker. ## Examples - The senator was a brilliant orator who could hold any crowd. ## Synonyms - speaker ## Derived Forms - oratorize - oratorlike - oratorship - oratory - oratress ## Roots and Affixes - Root: oratour - Root: ōrātor ## Etymology From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor. ## AI Etymology Orator comes from Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor. Modern senses include a skilled and persuasive public speaker. The wider word family includes derivatives such as oratorize, oratorlike, oratorship, oratory, and oratress. ## Topics - People & Society markdown