orator

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  1. noun One who delivers an oration.
  2. noun An eloquent and skilled public speaker.

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  1. Formerly also oratour; from Middle English oratour, from Old French oratour, French orateur = Provencal Spanish Portuguese orador = Italian oratore, from Latin orator, a spokesman, speaker, orator, pleader, prayer, from orare, speak, plead, pray: see oration.
 

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/ˈɑrətər/
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