oralist
- noun
- /ˈɔːrəlɪst/
:
orador
- During the debate, she impressed everyone with her skills as an oralist, articulating her points clearly.
Examples
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As an experienced oralist, he knew how to engage the crowd and keep their attention throughout the presentation.
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As also noted above, what had led to the failure of early commentators to appreciate the distinction between the anakrisis and krisis phases of the trial was precisely their failure to understand "witness" in what I here call the "oralist" sense, or the procedural sense, and instead to understand it in what Headlam himself called the later or "modern" sense of the accidental witness.
Academic text (1991) -
Freeman was named best oralist.
Blog text (15) -
Honors: Merit scholar, dean's list, best oralist in moot court competition.
Academic text (2009) -
At the completion of the Ames Moot Court Competition, Emma Freeman was named best oralist.
Blog text (15) -
The audience applauded after the distinguished oralist delivered a captivating speech.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who gives a talk to an audience
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2.1
A person who speaks a lot, often in public
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6.8
A person who gives formal speeches and speaks well in public
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3.0
A person who gives speeches to an audience in public
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8.9
A person who gives speeches that try to convince people
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A person who gives a speech to an audience
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8.8
A person who speaks or trains people to speak clearly in public
A person who speaks to an audience
A person who gives a formal speech to an audience
A person who gives long formal talks in a proud, showy way
A person who explains ideas clearly using spoken words
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oralist comes from the Latin root oral meaning 'mouth' and is related to orator, a public speaker. So an oralist is someone who uses their mouth to speak or perform aloud.