Orator

OR'ATOR, or ADVOCATE, because acquainted with Roman law. See Tertullus.

OR'ATOR, or ADVOCATE,
because acquainted with Roman law. See Tertullus.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.

3. A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery. Burrill.

4. 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.