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orator

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: ôr'ə-tər
  • New-York-City: /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 R AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A petitioner, a supplicant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a person who delivers a speech or oration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

Narrower terms: eulogist, panegyrist, elocutionist, haranguer, spellbinder, tub-thumper, Burke, Edmund Burke, Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully, Demosthenes, Henry, Patrick Henry, Isocrates

History

Etymology

From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ተናጋሪ (tänagari) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Arabic: خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Arabic: خَطِيبَة (ḵaṭība) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Armenian: հռետոր (hṙetor) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Azerbaijani: natiq — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Belarusian: прамо́ўца (pramówca) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Belarusian: ара́тар (arátar) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Bulgarian: ора́тор (orátor) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Catalan: orador — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Catalan: oradora — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Chinese Mandarin: 演說者 /演说者 (yǎnshuōzhě) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Czech: řečník — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Czech: řečnice — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Danish: taler — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Dutch: redenaar — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Esperanto: oratoro — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Esperanto: oratorino — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Estonian: oraator — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Finnish: puhuja — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • French: orateur — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • French: oratrice — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Galician: orador — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Galician: oradora — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Georgian: ორატორი (oraṭori) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • German: Redner — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • German: Rednerin — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Greek: αγορητής (agoritís) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Greek: αγορήτρια (agorítria) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Ancient Greek: ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Hindi: वक्ता (vaktā) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Irish: óráidí — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Italian: oratore — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Italian: oratrice — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Japanese: 雄弁家 (yūbenka) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Japanese: 能弁家 (nōbenka) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Japanese: 演説家 (enzetsuka) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Kazakh: шешен (şeşen) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Korean: 웅변가 (ungbyeon'ga) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Kyrgyz: чечен (cecen) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Kyrgyz: оратор (orator) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Latin: ōrātor — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Latin: ōrātrīx — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Latvian: orators — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Lithuanian: oratorius — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Māori: pūkorero — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Navajo: nanitʼáii — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Persian: خطیب (xatib) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Persian: ناطق (nâteq) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Persian: سخنران (soxanrân) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Plautdietsch: Rädna — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Polish: mówca — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Polish: mówczyni — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Polish: orator — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Polish: oratorka — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Portuguese: orador — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Portuguese: oradora — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Romanian: orator — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Romanian: oratoare — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Russian: ора́тор (orátor) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Serbo-Croatian: беседник — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Serbo-Croatian: оратор — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Serbo-Croatian: besednik — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Serbo-Croatian: orator — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Slovak: rečník — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Slovak: rečníčka — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Slovene: govornik — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Spanish: orador — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Spanish: oradora — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Swahili: msemaji — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Swedish: talare — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Swedish: orator — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Tajik: нотиқ (notiq) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Tajik: суханвар (suxanvar) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Tajik: суханоро (suxanoro) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Tajik: суханпардоз (suxanpardoz) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Turkish: hatip — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Ukrainian: промо́вець (promóvecʹ) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Ukrainian: ора́тор (orátor) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Urdu: خَطِیب (xatīb) — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Uzbek: notiq — someone who orates or delivers an oration
  • Azerbaijani: natiq — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Czech: řečník — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Czech: rétor — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Danish: taler — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Dutch: redenaar — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras) — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Ancient Greek: ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) — skilled and eloquent public speaker
  • Russian: ора́тор (orátor) — skilled and eloquent public speaker