- A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially,
one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who
is eloquent. - In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
petitioner. - A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery. - 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.
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