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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}]

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