as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
though a brilliant wordsmith, Thomas Jefferson was by his own admission an unskilled orator
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Visit The home Of Frederick Douglass Scholar, abolitionist, and orator Frederick Douglass spent his final years at his hilltop Cedar Hill property in the Anacostia neighborhood of D.C.
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Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
Image At the funeral for his father in 2000, Mr. Trudeau, then 28, delivered an impassioned eulogy, an early sign of his skills as an orator and perhaps leaning on his past life as a drama teacher in Vancouver.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
For instance, the boat may stop by the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum, for the historian to discuss the famous orator’s life in Baltimore, working in a shipyard, and that of Myers, a free Black Baltimorean who became a ship caulker and union leader.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
So, mix all that and add in some of the best orators: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Marcus Garvey.
—Craig Lindsey, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
Image At the funeral for his father in 2000, Mr. Trudeau, then 28, delivered an impassioned eulogy, an early sign of his skills as an orator and perhaps leaning on his past life as a drama teacher in Vancouver.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
For instance, the boat may stop by the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum, for the historian to discuss the famous orator’s life in Baltimore, working in a shipyard, and that of Myers, a free Black Baltimorean who became a ship caulker and union leader.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
So, mix all that and add in some of the best orators: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Marcus Garvey.
—Craig Lindsey, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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