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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Orator \Or"a*tor\, n. [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See
     Oration.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I am no orator, as Brutus is.         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some orator renowned
              In Athens or free Rome.               --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law)
        (a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
            petitioner.
        (b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
            --Burrill.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Eng. Universities) 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Orator \Or"a*tor\, n. [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See
     Oration.]
     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. (Law)
        (a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
            petitioner.
        (b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
            --Burrill.
  
     3. (Eng. Universities) 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  orator
       n : a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: speechmaker,
            rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     Ρουμανικά n.
     ο ρήτορας

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     Latin n.
     1 An #English, speaker.
     2 A spokesman, spokesperson.
     3 An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message))
     n.
     1 Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
     2 A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy,
  a messenger.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     #English

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     n.
     1 Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
     2 A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy,
  a messenger.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     n.
     1 Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
     2 A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy,
  a messenger.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.
     Romanian n.
     (l en orator), speaker

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     n.
     1 Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
     2 A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy,
  a messenger.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A petitioner, a supplicant.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     Latina n.
     (la-v-taivm 1 or  ōr ator)
     Latina vb.
     (la-v-taivm 1 or  ōr ator)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orator
     Latin n.
     talare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Orator /ˈɒɹətə/
  الخطيب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  orator //ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ// //ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)// 
  ора́тор
  someone who orates or delivers an oration

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/ 
  řečník

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/
  Redner , Rednerin , Rhetoriker , Rhetorikerin 
   see: orators
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  orator //ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ// //ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)// 
  puhuja
  someone who orates or delivers an oration

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  orator /ɔrətər/
  orateur

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/ 
  1. वक्ता
        "He is a fine orater."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/
  besjednik, govornik

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/
  1. szónok
  2. felperes
  3. panaszos

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  orator //ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ// //ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)// 
  演説家, 能弁家, 雄弁家
  someone who orates or delivers an oration

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  orator /ɔrətər/
  redenaar

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  orator /ɔrətər/
  orador

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  orator //ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ// //ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)// 
  talare, orator
  someone who orates or delivers an oration

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/ 
  
  msemaji

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  orator /ˈɒɹətə/
  1. hatip, nutuk çeken kimse
  2. belagatle söz söyleyen kimse
  3. (huk.) davacı.

From Nederlands-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2022.04.06 :   [ freedict:nld-ind ]

  orator //ɔˈratɔr// 
  pembicara
  1. redenaar

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  orator //ɔˈratɔr// 
  orator
  1. redenaar

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  orator //ɔˈratɔr// 
  orador
  1. redenaar

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  orator
  orator

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɔɹətɝ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  ORATOR, practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a 
  perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin, 
  Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19.. 
       2. In chancery, the party who files a bill calls himself in those 
  pleadings your orator. Among the Romans, advocates were called orators. 
  Code, 1, 8, 33, 1. 
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 演说者,演讲者,雄辩家;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 演说者,演讲者,雄辩家,原告,请愿人

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