oratour

English

Noun

oratour (plural oratours)

1. 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)

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

Descendants

• English: orator

References

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