orator
noun
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.
orators
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pluralof orator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This period saw a brilliant revitalization by Roman writers and orators of older Greek rhetorical techniques; it was “tinged with a romanticism common to movements oriented toward the distant past.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
I often return to the wisdom of Frederick Douglass, a formerly enslaved person and one of this country’s greatest thinkers and orators.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
Luckily, he’s a once-in-a-generation political talent himself and one of the greatest orators in modern life.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024
One book described how orators in ancient Rome would use “loci,” or reference points, to remember long passages.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
The different Nationalist groups, the “Buy Black!” forces, and others like that; dozens of their step- ladder orators were trying to increase their followings.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
