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Definition: Orator |
OratorNoun1. A person who delivers a speech or oration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "orator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Orator \Or"a*tor\, noun. [Latin expression, from orare to speak, utter. See Oration.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | Being under the spell of an orator's eloquence, denotes that you will heed the voice of flattery to your own detriment, as you will be persuaded into offering aid to unworthy people. If a young woman falls in love with an orator, it is proof that in her loves she will be affected by outward show. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning "I speak" or "I pray").In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers.
It later was developed into rhetoric.
In the 18th century, 'Orator' John Henley was famous for his eccentric sermons.
In the 19th century, orators and lecturers, such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll were major providers of popular entertainment.
Famous orators
- Abd-el-Kader (Algerian)
- Andocides (Attic)
- Cicero (Roman)
- Lucius Licinius Crassus (Roman)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Orator."
Synonyms: OratorSynonyms: public speaker (n), rhetorician (n), speechifier (n), speechmaker (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Speech | Speaker; Verb: spokesman; prolocutor, interlocutor; mouthpiece, Hermes; orator, oratrix, oratress; Demosthenes, Cicero; rhetorician; stump orator, platform orator; speechmaker, patterer, improvisatore. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Orator |
| English words defined with "orator": Antonomasia ♦ Boanerges ♦ Catastasis, cicero ♦ Daniel Webster, demagog, demagogue, Demosthenes ♦ Ecbasis, eulogist ♦ fixed stars ♦ grandiloquently ♦ henry ♦ Isocrates ♦ magniloquently, Marcus Tullius Cicero ♦ Obsecration, oratorical, Oratorize ♦ panegyrist, Patrick Henry ♦ rabble-rouser, Rhetoricate, Rhetorize ♦ spellbinder, Supereminency ♦ The five wits, To go on the stump, To take the stump, To throw out, Tully ♦ Webster. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "orator": Anacharsis ♦ BRYAN, Buzfuz ♦ CLACK-LOFT ♦ gob-pile orator ♦ Orator Henley ♦ ROOSEVELT ♦ Silver Trumpet, Smells of the Lamp, Stones ♦ Wharton. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "orator": speechifier. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Orator" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (orator, rhetor, speaker), German (orator), Latin (ambassador, envoy, orator, speaker, speaker. spokesman), Romanian (orator, oratress, speaker, spouter), Serbo-Croatian (orator), Swedish (orator). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Orator (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The orator. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A park orator, London. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The great "Greek" orator Bourke Cockran. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Disraeli | Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible, that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity. |
Cicero | Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age. |
Marcus Portius Cato | An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking. |
Marcus T. Cicero | A good orator is pointed and impassioned. |
| Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. | |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames. |
| An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas. | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I have often used words which I learned fifty years ago from a great Irish-American orator, a friend of mine, Mr. Bourke Cockran. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And, for a few peaceful moments, the orator brooded, frowningly, over the quotation |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The shock stopped short both the cart and the orator. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He acted every part of an orator, and I could observe many periods of threatenings, and others of promises, pity, and kindness |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator. |
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| "Orator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.99% of the time. "Orator" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.99% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.01% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 99 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "orator". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Debir | N/A | Biblical | An orator |
| Dibri | N/A | Biblical | An orator |
| Mercurius | N/A | Biblical | An orator |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "orator": hiss down an orator ♦ public orator ♦ pulpit orator ♦ soapbox orator ♦ the Boy Orator of the Platte. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
orator | 24 |
cross gold orator | 15 |
denton orator | 5 |
orator font | 4 |
famous orator | 2 |
great orator | 2 |
jersey new orator | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "orator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | orator (rhetor, speaker), gojëtar (eloquent, rhetorician, silver-tongued, well spoken). (various references) | |
Arabic | خطيب المواعظ, خطيب التأبين, خطيب (fiance), المدعي (suitor, whipper-snapper). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | оратор (public speaker, rhetor, rhetorician, speaker). (various references) | |
Chinese | "說者 (speaker), "说者. (various references) | |
Czech | orátor, řeèník (rhetorician, speaker). (various references) | |
Dutch | redenaar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | oratoro. (various references) | |
Farsi | مستدعی (Suppliant), ناطق (Speaker, Spokesman, Talker), سخنران (Lecturer, Spokesman), سخن پرداز, خطیب . (various references) | |
Finnish | puhuja (speaker), kaunopuhuja. (various references) | |
French | orateur. (various references) | |
German | Redner (discourser, orators, public speaker, speaker, talker). (various references) | |
Greek | ρήτορασ (haranguer, rhetorician). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "ברן (speaker, talker), ואם (speaker). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szónok (rhetorician, speaker, speech-maker, spouter), panaszos (complainant, demandant, demander, deplorable, lugubrious, plaintiff, plaintive, plangent, pursuer), felperes (claimant, complainant, demandant, demander, petitioner, plaintiff, pursuer, suitor). (various references) | |
Indonesian | juru pidato. (various references) | |
Italian | oratore (speaker). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 能弁家 , 雄弁家 (accomplished orator, eloquent speaker), "説家 (speaker), 弁者 (speaker). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べ"しゃ (speaker), のうべ"か, ゆうべ"か (accomplished orator, eloquent speaker), え"ぜつか (speaker). (various references) | |
Manx | raatagh, oraatagh (oratorial, speaker), coraatagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oratoray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | orador (debater, panelist, rhetor, speaker). (various references) | |
Romanian | orator (oratress, speaker, spouter), vorbitor (speaker, speaking), reclamant (accuser, claimant, complainant, informant, plaintiff, plugger, respondent, suitor). (various references) | |
Russian | оратор (speaker, spellbinder, spokesman, spokesperson). (various references) | |
Scottish | teangair (linguist, talker). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | orator, govornik (speaker, spokesman, talker), besednik. (various references) | |
Spanish | orador (speaker). (various references) | |
Swedish | vältalare (rhetorician), talare (ranter, speaker, talker). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้กล่าวคำปราศรัย. (various references) | |
Turkish | konuşmacı (debater, lecturer, speaker, talker), hatip (elocutionist, preacher, pulpit orator, rhetorician), güzel konuşan kimse (conversationalist), davacı (claimant, complainant, libelant, libellant, litigant, plaintiff, prosecutor, pursuer, suitor, the prosecution), şikâyetçi (complainant, disgruntled, grumbling, kicker, malcontent, plaintiff, querulous, remonstrant, repining). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | оратор (rhetorician, speechmaker, spokesman, talker), промовець (mouthpiece, prevaricator, speaker), позивач у процесі. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người diễn thuyết (lecturer, oratress). (various references) | |
Welsh | areithydd (speaker), areithiwr (speaker). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | orator, oratore, oratorium, rhetor. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Meta de pente hmeraV katebh o arciereuV ananiaV meta twn presbuterwn kai rhtoroV tertullou tinoV oitineV enefanisan tw hgemoni kata tou paulou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Post quinque autem dies descendit princeps sacerdotum Ananias cum senioribus quibusdam et Tertullo quodam oratore qui adierunt praesidem adversus Paulum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And aftir fyue daies, Ananye, prince of preestis, cam doun with summe eldere men, and Terculle, a feir speker, which wenten to the precident ayens Poul. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | After .v. dayes Ananias the hye preste descended with elders and with a certayne Oratour named Tartullus and enformed the ruelar of Paul. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And after five days, Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 1 |
| Albanian | Por pas pesë ditësh erdhi kryeprifti Anania bashkë me pleqtë dhe me një gojtar, një farë Tertuli; ata dolën përpara qeveritarit për të akuzuar Palin. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug unya tapus sa lima ka adlaw, ang labawng sacerdote nga si Ananias milugsong uban sa pipila ka mga anciano ug sa usa ka manlalaban nga ginganlan si Tertulo. Ug ilang gihikyad sa atubangan sa gobernador ang ilang pahayag batok kang Pablo. |
| Croatian | Nakon pet dana siðe veliki sveæenik Ananija s nekim starješinama i odvjetnikom, nekim Tertulom te izniješe upravitelju tužbu protiv Pavla. |
| Danish | Men fem Dage derefter drog Ypperstepræsten Ananias ned med nogle Ældste og en Taler, Tertullus, og disse førte Klage for Landshøvdingen imod Paulus. |
| Dutch | En vijf dagen daarna kwam de hogepriester Ananias af met de ouderlingen, en een zekeren voorspraak, genaamd Tertullus, dewelke verschenen voor den stadhouder tegen Paulus. |
| Finnish | Viiden päivän kuluttua ylimmäinen pappi Ananias meni sinne alas muutamien vanhinten ja erään asianajajan, Tertulluksen, kanssa, ja he ilmoittivat maaherralle syyttävänsä Paavalia. |
| French | Cinq jours après, arriva le souverain sacrificateur Ananias, avec des anciens et un orateur nommé Tertulle. Ils portèrent plainte au gouverneur contre Paul. |
| German | Über fünf Tage zog hinab der Hohepriester Ananias mit den Ältesten und mit dem Redner Tertullus; die erschienen vor dem Landpfleger wider Paulus. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lima hari kemudian, Imam Agung Ananias dan pemimpin-pemimpin Yahudi pergi ke Kaisarea bersama seorang pengacara yang bernama Tertulus. Mereka menghadap Gubernur Feliks dan mengemukakan pengaduan mereka terhadap Paulus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka lima hari kemudian daripada itu turunlah Ananias, Imam Besar, dengan beberapa orang tua-tua dan seorang pengacara bernama Tertullus; semuanya itu memberi kenyataan kepada pemerintah mengadukan Paulus. |
| Latvian | Pçc piecâm dienâm augstais priesteris Ananija kopâ ar daþiem vecâkajiem un kâdu runâtâju Tertullu atnâca pie zemes pârvaldnieka, lai vçrstos pret Pâvilu. |
| Maori | ¶ Na ka pahure nga ra e rima, ka haere atu a Anania, te tohunga nui ratou ko etahi kaumatua, ko tetahi kaikorero hoki, ko Tereturu, whakakite ai i nga he o Paora ki te kawana. |
| Norwegian | Fem dager efter kom ypperstepresten Ananias der ned med nogen av de eldste og en taler, Tertullus; disse fremførte sin klage imot Paulus for landshøvdingen. |
| Portuguese | Cinco dias depois o sumo sacerdote Ananias desceu com alguns anciãos e um certo Tertulo, orador, os quais fizeram, perante o governador, queixa contra Paulo. |
| Rumanian | Dupq cinci zile, a venit marele preot Anania cu unii din bqtrkni wi cu un vorbitor, numit Tertul. Au adus knaintea dregqtorului plkngere kmpotriva lui Pavel. |
| Russian | юЕТЕЪ СФШ "ОЕК ТЙЫЕМ ЕТЧПУЧСЭЕООЙЛ бОБОЙС УП УФБТЕКЫЙОБНЙ Й У ОЕЛПФПТЩН ТЙФПТПН фЕТФХММПН, ЛПФПТЩЕ ЦБМПЧБМЙУШ ТБЧЙФЕМА ОБ рБЧМБ. |
| Shuar | ¶ Tura senku tsawant nankaamasai Israer-patri uuntri, ni naari Ananías, Sesarianam Támiayi. Tura Israer-aentsu uuntri tura ti unuimiaru chichamtincha, ni naari Térturu nujai Táarmiayi. Ju aents Páprun kajerainia ásar akupniunam wearmiayi. |
| Swahili | Baada ya siku tano, Kuhani Mkuu Anania aliwasili Kaisarea pamoja na wazee kadhaa na wakili mmoja wa sheria aitwaye Tertulo. Walimwendea yule mkuu wa mkoa wakamweleza mashtaka yao juu ya Paulo. |
| Swedish | Paulus anklagas inför Felix, försvarar sig, kvarhålles såsom fånge i Cesarea. |
| Uma | ¶ Lima mengi oti toe, Imam Bohe Ananias pai' ba hangkuja dua pangkeni to Yahudi hilou hi Kaisarea hante hadua to pante mololita, hanga' -na Tertulus. Karata-ra hi ria, hilou-ramo hi Gubernur Feliks mpobua' pangadua' -ra. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "orator": oratorical, oratorically, oratories, oratorio, oratorios, orators, oratory. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "orator": ameliorator, collaborator, commemorator, corporator, corroborator, decorator, evaporator, incorporator, invigorator, meliorator, perforator, redecorator, reinvigorator. (additional references) | |
Words containing "orator": ameliorators, amelioratory, collaborators, commemorators, corporators, corroborators, corroboratory, decorators, evaporators, exploratory, incorporators, invigorators, laboratories, laboratory, meliorators, moratoria, moratorium, moratoriums, moratory, perforators, redecorators, reinvigorators. (additional references) | |
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"Orator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arato, arator, erator, Moriatou, notator, obrador, Ogato, Orao, Orat, orater, orato, Oratoire, Oratore, oratos, orritor, Orto, Osamor, Ozato, rator, roatra, rogatoire, rogator, routor, trator. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "orator" (pronounced ô"ruter) |
| 4 | -r u t er | conspirator, inheritor, interpreter. |
| 3 | -u t er | editor, elater, accelerometer, altimeter, Amphitheater, anemometer, arbiter, auditor, barometer, capacitor, catheter, comparator, competitor, conservator, contributor, creditor, densitometer, depositor, diameter, distributor, estimator, executor, exhibitor, fluorometer, goniometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, inhibitor, inquisitor, interferometer, interlocutor, janitor, kilometer, magnetometer, marketer, micrometer, monitor, odometer, orbiter, parameter, perimeter, photometer, picketer, polarimeter, predator, progenitor, proprietor, quieter, rioter, Sen, senator, sequitur, solicitor, spectrometer, speedometer, telemarketer, tensiometer, Theater, theatre, thermometer, trumpeter, visitor. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-o-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: rotor. | |
-2 letters: orra, rato, roar, root, rota, roto, taro, tora, toro, torr. | |
-3 letters: art, oar, oat, oot, ora, ort, rat, rot, tao, tar, too, tor. | |
-4 letters: ar, at, or, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: orators, oratory, outroar, rotator. | |
+2 letters: moratory, motorcar, operator, oratorio, outroars, pronator, ratooner, roborant, rogatory, rotators, rotatory, sororate, toreador, trapdoor. | |
+3 letters: arrowroot, arthropod, carrottop, cocreator, cocurator, cormorant, corporate, decorator, grassroot, hoarfrost, hortatory, moderator, moratoria, mortgagor, motorcars, obturator, operators, oratories, oratorios, outroared, paratroop, probatory, pronators, proration, prorogate, prothorax, protostar, ratooners, renovator, resonator, roborants, rotatores, sororates, tolerator, toreadors, trapdoors. | |
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