English > speechifier: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who delivers a speech or oration. |
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| Synonyms | orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker |
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| Instances | Burke, Edmund Burke | British statesman famous for his oratory |
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| Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully | A Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) |
| Demosthenes | Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC) |
| Henry, Patrick Henry | A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) |
| Isocrates | Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC) |
| Narrower | elocutionist | A public speaker trained in voice production / production and gesture and delivery |
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| eulogist, panegyrist | An orator who delivers eulogies / eulogies or panegyrics |
| haranguer | A public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech |
| spellbinder | An orator who can hold his listeners spellbound |
| tub-thumper | A noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker |
| Broader | speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser | someone who expresses in language |
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| Spanish | orador, retórico |
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| Catalan | orador |
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| Verbs | speechify | make speeches |
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