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

oratorially
oratorian
oratorical
oratorically
oratories
oratorio
oratorios
oratorious
oratorize
oratorized
oratorizes
oratorizing
orators
oratory
oratour
oratress (current term)
oratresses
oratrices
oratrix
oratrixes
orb
orb web
orbation
orbed
orbicle
orbicles
orbicula
orbiculae
orbicular
orbicular bone

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. ..."

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