

The noun orator traces back to the Latin word orare, meaning to “speak before a court or assembly, plead.” Orator is really just a formal way of saying “speaker.” Technically, you can use it to describe anyone who is giving a speech, whether it’s a speaker at the United Nations or a classmate giving a short presentation. However, orator often implies that the speaker is particularly gifted.

Definitions of orator

n a person who delivers a speech or oration

public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker
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Edmund Burke
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
Patrick Henry
Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC)
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eulogist, panegyrist
an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech
an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound
a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
Type of:
speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

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