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• orateur — orateur, trice [ ɔratɶr, tris ] n. • v. 1355; lat. orator 1 ♦ Personne qui compose et prononce des discours. ⇒ conférencier. Orateur religieux (⇒ prédicateur) , politique (⇒ tribun) . Une femme orateur, une oratrice (rare). « pour apprécier… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• orator — (n.) late 14c., one who pleads or argues for a cause, from Anglo Fr. oratour, O.Fr. oratour (14c., Mod.Fr. orateur), from L. oratorem (nom. orator) speaker, from orare speak before a court or assembly, plead, from PIE root *or to pronounce a… …   Etymology dictionary

• orator — 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… …   Universalium

• McTaggart — This long established surname, normally recorded in the spellinfs of MacTaggart, McTaggart, and Taggart, is widespread throughout Scotland and Ulster. It is an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic Mac an tsagairt , son of the priest, from Mac , son… …   Surnames reference

• Taggart — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a Gaelic surname. It is widespread throughout Scotland and in Ireland mainly Ulster. However spelt it is a form of the Old Gaelic Mac an tsagairt , meaning the son of the priest! The marriage of… …   Surnames reference

• Taggert — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a Gaelic surname. It is widespread throughout Scotland and in Ireland mainly Ulster. However spelt it is a form of the Old Gaelic Mac an tsagairt , meaning the son of the priest! The marriage of… …   Surnames reference

• Taggerty — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a Gaelic surname. It is widespread throughout Scotland and in Ireland mainly Ulster. However spelt it is a form of the Old Gaelic Mac an tsagairt , meaning the son of the priest! The marriage of… …   Surnames reference

• Taggett — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a Gaelic surname. It is widespread throughout Scotland and in Ireland mainly Ulster. However spelt it is a form of the Old Gaelic Mac an tsagairt , meaning the son of the priest! The marriage of… …   Surnames reference

• Teggart — This long established surname, normally recorded in the spellings of MacTaggart, McTaggart,Taggart and Teggart, is widespread throughout Scotland and Ulster. It is an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic Mac an tsagairt , son of the priest, from Mac …   Surnames reference

• orator — noun a proficient public speaker. ↘(also public orator) an official speaking for a university on ceremonial occasions. Derivatives oratorial adjective Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. oratour, from L. orator speaker, pleader …   English new terms dictionary