oratour

English edit

Noun edit

oratour (plural oratours)

Obsolete form of orator.

Anagrams edit

Rotorua, outroar, roar out

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

aratour, oratur, orature

Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɔrˈaːtur/, /ɔraˈtuːr/, /ˈɔratur/

Noun edit

oratour (plural oratours)

One who advocates or petitions for another.
One who prays or supplicates for another.
(rare) An orator; a speaker.

Descendants edit

English: orator

References edit

“ōrātǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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