oratress
- a variation of oratrix.
Example Sentences
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I always told you that you ought to be an orator or an oratress or something.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Lester, Pauline
To each fair oratress this school Its rhetoric strong affords; They double and redouble tropes, With finger, fish, and words.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles
But they wandered mainly in the direction of Mrs. Farrinder—they lingered upon the serene solidity of the great oratress.
From The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by James, Henry
At that moment the eye of the panting oratress caught mine for an instant, and you and I first met.
From The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir
