† ˈdeclamator Obs.
[a. L. dēclāmātor, n. of action from dēclāmāre to declaim.]
One who practises declamation; a declaimer.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 401 Iulius Gallio..was [the] best declamator of alle. 1530 Elyot Gov. i. xiii, They whiche do onely teache rhetorike..ought to be named rhetoriciens, declamatours, artificiall spekers..or any other name than oratours. 1624 F. White Repl. Fisher 590 Sir Declamator, you vsurpe Radamanthus his office. 1699 Bentley Phal. Introd. 7 Was ever any Declamator's Case so extravagantly put? 1710 Steele Tatler No. 56 ¶1 Who could, I say, hear this generous Declamator without being fired by his noble Zeal? |