ōr'a-tor, n.
n. [Lat., from orare, to speak, utter; It. oratore, Pr., Sp., & Pg. orador, Fr. orateur. See supra.]
Sense 1. A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one who is distinguished for his skill as a public speaker; one who is eloquent; as, a great orator.
I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak.
Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.
Sense 2. (Law.) (a.) (Equity.) One who prays for relief; a petitioner. (b.) A plaintiff or complainant in a bill in chancery. Burvill.
Sense 3. (Eng. Universities.) An officer who is the voice of the university on all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents with an appropriate address those on whom honorary degrees are conferred, and the like; —called also public orator.