soapbox orator

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• soapbox orator — /ˈsoʊpbɒks ˌɒrətə/ (say sohpboks .oruhtuh) noun someone who addresses passers by from a soapbox or other standpoint in a public place …  

• soapbox orator — one who gives speeches in informal settings, one who delivers lectures in the street (often when no one is listening) …   English contemporary dictionary

• soapbox — [sōp′bäks΄] n. 1. a box or crate for soap ☆ 2. any improvised platform used by a person (soapbox orator) making an informal, often impassioned speech to a street audience, as on a current, controversial issue …   English World dictionary

• soapbox — also soap box, 1650s, box for holding soap, later especially a wooden crate in which soap may be packed. Typical of a makeshift stand for a public orator since at least 1907. Also used by children to make racing carts, Cf. soap box derby, annual… …   Etymology dictionary

• soapbox — noun Date: 1907 an improvised platform used by a self appointed, spontaneous, or informal orator; broadly something that provides an outlet for delivering opinions • soapbox adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• public speaker — Synonyms and related words: Cicero, Demosthenes, William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill, debater, declaimer, demagogue, haranguer, jawsmith, orator, panelist, platform orator, rabble rouser, ranter, rhetor, rhetorician, soapbox orator,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• rhetorician — Synonyms and related words: Cicero, Demosthenes, Gongorist, Marinist, William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill, elocutionist, euphuist, fine writer, mannerist, master of style, orator, pedant, phrasemaker, phraseman, phrasemonger, platform… …   Moby Thesaurus

• spellbinder — Synonyms and related words: Cicero, Circe, Demosthenes, Euryale, Gorgon, Medea, Medusa, Stheno, William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill, bewitcher, charmer, enchanter, enchantress, orator, platform orator, public speaker, rhetor, rhetorician,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• speaker — n 1. orator, soapbox orator, stump orator, speechmaker, public speaker, spellbinder; keynoter; haranguer, declaimer, ranter, Inf. spouter, Inf. spieler, Inf. tub thumper, Sl. jawsmith; demagogue, rabble rouser. 2. loudspeaker. See loudspeaker …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• talker — n 1. speaker, orator, soapbox orator, stump orator, speechmaker, public speaker, spellbinder; main speaker, keynoter; haranguer, speechifier, de claimer, ranter, Inf. spouter, Inf. spieler, Inf. tub thumper, Sl. jawsmith; demagogue, rabble rouser …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Hubert Harrison — Hubert Henry Harrison (April 27, 1883 December 17, 1927), a St. Croix, Virgin Islands born and Harlem based writer, orator, educator, critic, and radical political activist was described by the activist A. Philip Randolph as “the father of Harlem …   Wikipedia