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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Despite having received no formal education, Douglass proved to be a dazzling orator who had firsthand experience of enslavement.
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Christine Kinealy, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
In the final version, Esposito plays Franklyn Cicero, a politician loosely inspired by both David Dinkins (who served as New York’s first Black mayor from 1990 to 1993) and Roman writer, poet, lawyer, statesman, and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC).
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Baldwin is a commanding orator, soulful storyteller, and fierce advocate for justice.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
Harris isn’t a particularly good orator, in part because her persona behind the podium doesn’t seem like an extension of her personality away from it.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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Christine Kinealy, The Conversation, 14 June 2024
In the final version, Esposito plays Franklyn Cicero, a politician loosely inspired by both David Dinkins (who served as New York’s first Black mayor from 1990 to 1993) and Roman writer, poet, lawyer, statesman, and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC).
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Baldwin is a commanding orator, soulful storyteller, and fierce advocate for justice.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
Harris isn’t a particularly good orator, in part because her persona behind the podium doesn’t seem like an extension of her personality away from it.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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