— oratorlike , adj. — oratorship , n.
/awr"euh teuhr, or"-/ , n.
1. a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, esp. one of great eloquence: Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece.
2. Law. a plaintiff in a case in a court of equity.
[ 1325-75; orator speaker, suppliant, equiv. to ora ( re ) (see ORATION) + -tor -TOR; r. ME oratour ]