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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Orator

/ôr'ə-tər/ · Or·a·tor · IPA /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/
01 n. A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
  1. 1.
    A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.
    “I am no orator, as Brutus is.” Shak.
    “Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome.” Milton.
  2. 2.
    In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.(Law)
  3. 3.
    An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.(Eng. Universities) Also: public orator