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speechmaker

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speech·mak·er  (spchmkr)
n.
One who makes a speech.

speechmaking n.
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Noun1.speechmaker - a person who delivers a speech or orationspeechmaker - a person who delivers a speech or oration
eulogist, panegyrist - an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
elocutionist - a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
haranguer - a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
spellbinder - an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound
tub-thumper - a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker


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Would sending the strong arm speechmaker back home to Alaska gain the land of the free and over-easy a few Brownie points?
 
 
 
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