noun
- a person who declaims; one who speaks or recites in a loud, dramatic, or rhetorical manner
- a person who makes passionate or vehement speeches, especially in a political context
Usage: often used to describe someone who speaks with exaggerated emotion or theatrical style
Usage: sometimes carries a slightly negative connotation of excessive or insincere rhetoric
Examples
- The declaimer stood on stage and delivered Shakespeare's soliloquy with great passion.
- He was known as a skilled declaimer who could move audiences with his powerful voice.
- The politician was criticized as a mere declaimer rather than a practical leader.
- Ancient Roman declaimers practiced their speeches in the forum.
- She admired the declaimer's ability to command attention in the auditorium.