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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Recent Examples of orator
My own children may not remember their grandfather, the skilled orator.
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
This year’s theme is centered around orator and scholar Frederick Douglass.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
The Indiana Klan peaked under Stephenson, who was known as a spellbinding orator.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
In Millard’s telling, Garfield truly was a potential successor to Lincoln, a great orator and sturdy Midwesterner who abhorred slavery and spoke to the country’s highest ideals.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
This year’s theme is centered around orator and scholar Frederick Douglass.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
The Indiana Klan peaked under Stephenson, who was known as a spellbinding orator.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
In Millard’s telling, Garfield truly was a potential successor to Lincoln, a great orator and sturdy Midwesterner who abhorred slavery and spoke to the country’s highest ideals.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orator
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Six student teams from McDaniel College’s Entrepreneurship course, taught by adjunct lecturer in Economics and Business Administration Jonathan Pernell, competed for a $5,000 top prize by presenting their entrepreneurial ideas and innovative products to a panel of experts.—
Jeffrey F. Bill,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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Johnson has been traveling to South Florida for a week each month this semester as a visiting lecturer and co-teacher in a University of Miami political science class.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Deborah Courtney drove more than two hours from from Jacksonville and noted that all citizen speakers expressed opposition.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Before a baseball game, Cerasuolo will take out a rolling speaker and let her athletes select a walk-up song to build up their confidence.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Orator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orator. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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