orator

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

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Noun

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orator (plural orators)

  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], 2nd edition, part 1, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
      Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them?
      Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator?
      Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies,
      Looke for orations when the foe is neere.
      Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs.
  3. (obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.
  4. (obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch orateur, orator, from Latin orator.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɔrat̪ɔr]
  • Hyphenation: ora‧tor

Noun

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orator (first-person possessive oratorku, second-person possessive oratormu, third-person possessive oratornya)

  1. orator.
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Latin

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Etymology

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From ōrō +‎ -tor.

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ōrātor m (genitive ōrātōris, feminine ōrātrīx); third declension

  1. An orator, speaker.
  2. A spokesman, spokesperson.
  3. An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message))

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōrātor ōrātōrēs
Genitive ōrātōris ōrātōrum
Dative ōrātōrī ōrātōribus
Accusative ōrātōrem ōrātōrēs
Ablative ōrātōre ōrātōribus
Vocative ōrātor ōrātōrēs

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References

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  • orator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • orator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • orator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to sketch the ideal of an orator: imaginem perfecti oratoris adumbrare
    • to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
    • to say only a few words: pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
  • orator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • orator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin ōrātor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈra.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: o‧ra‧tor

Noun

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orator m pers (female equivalent oratorka, related adjective oratorski)

  1. (literary) orator, oratist, wordsmith (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
    Synonyms: krasomówca, retor
    Hypernym: mówca

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Further reading

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  • orator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • orator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin orator or French orateur.

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orator m (plural oratori, feminine equivalent oratoare)

  1. orator, speaker

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǒraːtor/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tor

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òrātor m (Cyrillic spelling о̀ра̄тор)

  1. orator

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Swedish

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orator c

  1. an orator

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