Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orator

/ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: or-a-tor
IPA: /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

noun

A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

noun

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

Obsolete

noun

A petitioner, a supplicant.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them? Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator? Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies, Looke for orations when the foe is neere. Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs."
"[…] when it becomes obvious that I have not the slightest skill as a speaker – unless, of course, by skilful speaker they mean one who speaks the truth. If that is what they mean, I would agree that I am an orator, though not after their pattern."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: oratour, ōrātor

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

orators (plural) oratour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

oratorize oratorlike oratorship oratory oratress

Phrases

public orator stump orator

Synonyms

speaker speechmaker rhetorician public speaker speechifier

Questions

How do you pronounce orator?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/.
What does orator mean?: Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
Where does orator come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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