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orator

[awr-uh-ter, or-] / ˈɔr ə tər, ˈɒr- /


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Handsome and dynamic, an orator with a flair for memorable rhyme, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was the first Black candidate for president to attract a major following.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

An effective orator, Khamenei joined the critics of the Shah of Iran: the monarch who was eventually overthrown by the Islamic revolution.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

King’s “I Have a Dream” speech exemplified his prowess as an orator.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

She picks up a folder, looks at it, and like an orator who decides to improv instead of using her notes, tosses the folder back onto her desk and asks, “Jade, what do you want?”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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