|
|
Definition of Oratress
1. n. A woman who makes public addresses.
Definition of Oratress
1. Noun. A female orator ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oratress
1. oratrix [n -ES] - See also: oratrix
Medical Definition of Oratress
1. A woman who makes public addresses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oratress
Literary usage of Oratress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and by John Jane Smith Wharton (1883)
"Oratrix, or oratress, a female petitioner; a female plaintiff in a bill in Chancery
was formerly so called. Orchards. See GARDENS. Ordeal [fr. ordal, Sax., ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"This declaration opened the flood-gates of Tabby's eloquence, which would have
shamed the first-rate oratress of Billingsgate. The footman retorted in the ..."
3. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1852)
"... as near as he could bring it away.4 But whether the fault rests with the royal
oratress or the reporter, this task sas not very perspicuously achieved. ..."
Other Resources:
