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Edmund Burke
DEFINITIONS OF:
Edmund Burke
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n
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
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Burke
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orator
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public speaker
,
rhetorician
,
speechifier
,
speechmaker
a person who delivers a speech or oration
national leader
,
solon
,
statesman
a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
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