Meaning of oratoress | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The former Oratoress’s Oration or Speech was to Perswade us Out of our Selves, as to be That, which Nature never Intended us to be, to wit Masculine; but why should we Desire to be Masculine, since our Own⟳ Sex and Condition is far the Better?”

“[…];—these, with many others, make⟳ up a group of female curiosities only to be equalled by their creator’s own⟳ Winter Nosegay (a sketch⟳ with the heads of ancient ladies in place⟳ of flowers), or his “Elland Meeting” (in the most recent number⟳ of ‘Hood’s Own⟳’), where figure⟳ among the oratoresses and the eager audience, physiognomies worthy of Hogarth himself.”

“Miss⟳ Ann Laughlin, the fiery democratic oratoress who is the Mary Ellen Lease of the present⟳ campaign says: “I would prefer⟳ to go to the grave an old maid than marry⟳ a G. O. P.””

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