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How to pronounce elocutionist in English?

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Type Words
Type of orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker
Derivation elocution

Examples of elocutionist

elocutionist
She is one of the rising young elocutionist of the South.
From the tennessean.com
She also has a daughter by elocutionist Vsevolod Aksyonov.
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He gave public readings for charitable causes and became a well-known elocutionist among the African American community of Cincinnati.
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In contrast, Graham Abbey's Macbeth is a too-careful elocutionist, as if reciting well, head high and savoring every syllable, were his chief aim.
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  • A public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
  • (elocution) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
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  • Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone.
  • Someone who practices or teaches elocution
  • (Elocution) 19th century term for oratorical speech.
  • Brookes, E. Stanley, Psychical researcher and Elocutionist