Orator
noun
A person who gives speeches in public and is very good at it.
The award ceremony was led by an impressive orator who captivated the audience with his eloquence.
Often appears as...
- public orator
- skilled orator
noun
A public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an outstanding orator who stirred people's hearts with his powerful speeches.
Often appears as...
- famous orator
- political orator
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A person who gives speeches in public and is very good at it.
The award ceremony was led by an impressive orator who captivated the audience with his eloquence.
Often appears as...
- public orator
- skilled orator
noun
A public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an outstanding orator who stirred people's hearts with his powerful speeches.
Often appears as...
- famous orator
- political orator
Usage tips
Historical
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Pro Tip 1/3Public Speaking
An orator often speaks on formal occasions, addressing many people.
She was a gifted orator at university debates.
Pro Tip 2/3Persuasive Technique
A skilled orator uses persuasive language to influence the audience.
The orator's stirring words convinced the crowd to support the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidence Display
An orator must display confidence to engage listeners effectively.
Despite the large gathering, the young orator spoke with remarkable confidence.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Speaking
An orator often speaks on formal occasions, addressing many people.
She was a gifted orator at university debates.
Pro Tip 2/3Persuasive Technique
A skilled orator uses persuasive language to influence the audience.
The orator's stirring words convinced the crowd to support the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidence Display
An orator must display confidence to engage listeners effectively.
Despite the large gathering, the young orator spoke with remarkable confidence.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Speaking
An orator often speaks on formal occasions, addressing many people.
She was a gifted orator at university debates.
Pro Tip 2/3Persuasive Technique
A skilled orator uses persuasive language to influence the audience.
The orator's stirring words convinced the crowd to support the cause.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidence Display
An orator must display confidence to engage listeners effectively.
Despite the large gathering, the young orator spoke with remarkable confidence.
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William Noel: Revealing...
The really astonishing thing though about this manuscript is that we looked at the other manuscripts that the palimpsester had made, the scribe had made his book out of, and one of them was a manuscript containing text by Hyperides. Now Hyperides was an Athenian orator from the fourth century B.C. He was an exact contemporary of Demosthenes.
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Feats of memory anyone...
to remind you of this funny anecdote you want to tell. And you'd go into your kitchen, and the fourth topic you were going to talk about was this strange journey that you went on for a year, and you'd have some friends to help you remember that. This is how Roman orators memorized their speeches --
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What makes a poem … a...
Maybe not. Enter the prose poem. Prose poems use vivid images and wordplay but are formatted like paragraphs. When we look at poetry less as a form and more as a concept, we can see the poetic all around spiritual hymns, the speeches of orators like Martin Luther King, Jr.,
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Eduardo Briceño: How to...
To become great, he didn't spend all his time just being an orator or a lawyer, which would be his performance zone. But instead, he did activities designed for improvement. Of course, he studied a lot. He studied law and philosophy with guidance from mentors,
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How great leaders...
and he certainly wasn't the only great orator of the day. Why him? And why is it that the Wright brothers were able to figure out controlled, powered man flight when there were certainly other teams who were better qualified, better funded --
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How great leaders...
orator of the day why him and why is it that the Wright brothers were able to figure out control powered man flight when there were certainly other teams who were better qualified better funded and they didn't achieve powered man
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The electrifying...
and share her holy message with others. Though she never learned to read or write, Baumfree became known as an electrifying orator, whose speeches drew on Biblical references, spiritual ideals, and her experience of slavery.
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The revolutionary power...
or it could be a white supremacist Nazi-admiring orator somewhere else. All these figures, at first glance -- they seem disconnected. But I think they feed each other, and they need each other. And all around the world,
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Caesar's Gladiator Games...
traditional path it starts with mastering the one skill essential in public life he learns to talk to the crowd he is a formidable orator he performs in the law courts he
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Faith Jegede: What I've...
He's speechless, but he communicates joy in a way that some of the best orators cannot. Remi knows what love is. He shares it unconditionally and he shares it regardless.
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William Noel: Revealing...
The really astonishing thing though about this manuscript is that we looked at the other manuscripts that the palimpsester had made, the scribe had made his book out of, and one of them was a manuscript containing text by Hyperides. Now Hyperides was an Athenian orator from the fourth century B.C. He was an exact contemporary of Demosthenes.
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Feats of memory anyone...
to remind you of this funny anecdote you want to tell. And you'd go into your kitchen, and the fourth topic you were going to talk about was this strange journey that you went on for a year, and you'd have some friends to help you remember that. This is how Roman orators memorized their speeches --
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
Maybe not. Enter the prose poem. Prose poems use vivid images and wordplay but are formatted like paragraphs. When we look at poetry less as a form and more as a concept, we can see the poetic all around spiritual hymns, the speeches of orators like Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Video examples
Eduardo Briceño: How to...
To become great, he didn't spend all his time just being an orator or a lawyer, which would be his performance zone. But instead, he did activities designed for improvement. Of course, he studied a lot. He studied law and philosophy with guidance from mentors,
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How great leaders...
and he certainly wasn't the only great orator of the day. Why him? And why is it that the Wright brothers were able to figure out controlled, powered man flight when there were certainly other teams who were better qualified, better funded --
Video examples
How great leaders...
orator of the day why him and why is it that the Wright brothers were able to figure out control powered man flight when there were certainly other teams who were better qualified better funded and they didn't achieve powered man
Video examples
The electrifying...
and share her holy message with others. Though she never learned to read or write, Baumfree became known as an electrifying orator, whose speeches drew on Biblical references, spiritual ideals, and her experience of slavery.
Video examples
The revolutionary power...
or it could be a white supremacist Nazi-admiring orator somewhere else. All these figures, at first glance -- they seem disconnected. But I think they feed each other, and they need each other. And all around the world,
Video examples
Caesar's Gladiator Games...
traditional path it starts with mastering the one skill essential in public life he learns to talk to the crowd he is a formidable orator he performs in the law courts he
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Faith Jegede: What I've...
He's speechless, but he communicates joy in a way that some of the best orators cannot. Remi knows what love is. He shares it unconditionally and he shares it regardless.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
American Poet
We can no longer take our own way of life for granted - we know that it may be challenged. And we know this, too - and know it ever more deeply - we know that freedom and democracy are not just big words mouthed by orators but the rain and the wind and the sun, the air and the light by which we breathe and live.
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George William Russell
Irish Writer
It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.
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Fred Hampton
American Activist
I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Theophrastus
Greek Philosopher
An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.
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Maria Edgeworth
Irish Novelist
An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.
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Vivek Agnihotri
Indian Director
Modi is a great orator.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
American Poet
We can no longer take our own way of life for granted - we know that it may be challenged. And we know this, too - and know it ever more deeply - we know that freedom and democracy are not just big words mouthed by orators but the rain and the wind and the sun, the air and the light by which we breathe and live.
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George William Russell
Irish Writer
It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.
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Fred Hampton
American Activist
I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Quote examples
Theophrastus
Greek Philosopher
An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.
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Maria Edgeworth
Irish Novelist
An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.
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Vivek Agnihotri
Indian Director
Modi is a great orator.
Example 1 of 10
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