oratour

English

Noun

oratour (plural oratours)

Obsolete form of orator.

Anagrams

Rotorua, outroar, roar out

Middle English

Alternative forms

aratour, oratur, orature

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oratour (plural oratours)

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

Descendants

English: orator

References

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

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