Definition of "public speaker" [public speaker]

• A person who delivers a speech or oration (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "These are some of the themes that have engaged the novelist and dramatist; they have also engaged the public speaker and lay preacher of enlightenment, as well as themes of a more strictly political character, such as the separation of Norway from the Dual Monarchy, the renewal of the ancient bond between Norway and Iceland, the free development of parliamentary government, the cause of Pangermanism, and the furtherance of peace between the nations."
• "Howard, an unprepossessing man, was an unexpectedly effective public speaker and a tireless proselytizer—Shaw called him “Ebenezer the Garden City Geyser”—and to promote his ideas he organized the Garden City Association, whose membership soon spread across Britain.26 In 1902, he helped found a company that acquired a tract of land and built the first garden city, named Letchworth."
• "In later years I learned how impossible it is for a public speaker to leave a gracious impression on every life that for a moment touches her own; but I have never ceased to be thankful that I met Mrs. Livermore before I met Miss Dickinson at the crisis in my career."