as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator
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Booker, a powerful orator and tough legislator, has often risen to the moment.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
But the ascent of Mr. Boko, a charismatic orator with a flair for promising to defend the downtrodden, reveals the cracks in Botswana’s miracle rags-to-riches story.
—Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
The high point for those movements had come in 1896, when an orator named William Jennings Bryan gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention condemning the gold standard for setting the value of the currency.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
One of Garfield's early administrative appointments was the abolitionist, orator, and freed slave Frederick Douglass, who was tapped as the recorder of deeds in Washington.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
But the ascent of Mr. Boko, a charismatic orator with a flair for promising to defend the downtrodden, reveals the cracks in Botswana’s miracle rags-to-riches story.
—Keletso Thobega, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
The high point for those movements had come in 1896, when an orator named William Jennings Bryan gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention condemning the gold standard for setting the value of the currency.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
One of Garfield's early administrative appointments was the abolitionist, orator, and freed slave Frederick Douglass, who was tapped as the recorder of deeds in Washington.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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