Middle English Dictionary Entry
dē̆clā̆mātor n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dē̆clā̆mātor n. Also declamat(o)ur. |
| Etymology | L declamator. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An orator.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.401 : Seneca hadde tweyne breþeren; oon of hem heet Iulius Gallo and was best declamator [Higd.(2): declamer] of alle.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)121/5 : The tretyse off doctor Carnus..compylyth to-gydyr the physnemye off Arystotyl the phylysophyr..and off Palemon the delamatur [read: declamatur].
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)110.391 (v.2:p.176) : Seneca .. had two brethern, of which that oon hight Iulius Gallio, an excellent declamatour [L declamator].