rostrum
noun
any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
rostra
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pluralof rostrum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead, clerks intoned his Message from the Nation's rostra.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is Dr. Harry F. Covington, Professor of Public Speaking and Debating, whose classes meet before the temple rostra.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twelve thousand words long,* it was handed to clerks in the House and Senate who intoned it from the nation's rostra.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three projecting rostra which we now see in front of the palace are restorations by Signor Rosa.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Specimens from 12 miles west of Pagosa Springs have thin rostra and diffuse dorsal stripes.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Phillip M. Youngman
