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Definition of: orator
(ôr′ə·tər, or′-) noun
1. One who delivers an oration; an eloquent public speaker.
2. A high school or college student chosen to make a speech.
3. Law The complainant in a chancery proceeding; a petitioner in chancery. [<AF oratour <L orator <orare. See ORATION.]
—or′a·tor·ship′ noun
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