speechmaker

American  

[speech-mey-ker] / ˈspitʃˌmeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person who delivers speeches.

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Other Word Forms

• speechmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of speechmaker

First recorded in 1700–10; speech + maker

Example Sentences

Daniel Webster is said to have called Prentiss the greatest speechmaker he ever heard.

From Washington Post

“It was when he became the big speechmaker that everything started to slow down,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s a reasonably good speechmaker, but she’s no Obama — by which I mean Michelle Obama, whose impassioned appeal dominated the first night’s proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times

The previous year he made one of his final screen appearances as a speechmaker who extols the virtues of Keira Knightley's title character in The Duchess.

From BBC

Hoffa, by contrast is different—he is the opposite of silent—not only is he a literal speechmaker at the rostrum, he’s a running-off-at-the-mouth talker in private, in one-on-ones and “business” meetings.

From The New Yorker