orator

Definition of orator

a person who delivers a speech or oration

Examples:: show 5 examples...; hide 5 examples...; Edmund Burke
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797); Marcus Tullius Cicero
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC); Demosthenes
Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC); Patrick Henry
a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799); Isocrates
Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC)

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; eulogist, panegyrist
an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics; elocutionist
a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery; haranguer
a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech; spellbinder
an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound; tub-thumper
a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker

Type of:: speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)