speechwriter

[ speech-rahy-ter ]

/ ˈspitʃˌraɪ tər /

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a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1825–35; speech + writer

Hunter-Torricke, who spent four years working on the Facebook executive communications team and served as a speechwriter for both Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, also hinted at a more expansive vision for the board.
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I worked for Baker as his special assistant and speechwriter when he was majority leader of the Senate, in the early 1980s.
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Before he joined The Daily Beast, executive editor John Avlon was a speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
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What greater pleasure could an emotionally-needy speechwriter know than to be pitied by the most powerful person on earth?
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Speechwriter Mark Katz quickly scrambled to tone down the jokes.
The Clinton Speech That Never Was|Mark Katz|April 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Thatcher had cried when the lines were originally suggested by her speechwriter Ronald Miller.
Margaret Thatcher: The Accidental Feminist|Amanda Foreman|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST