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Spellbinder

noun
1.
An orator who can hold his listeners spellbound.






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"Spellbinder" Quotes from Famous Books



... was in great form, and made one of his best speeches, amid roars of applause. The audience was so well pleased that it would not disperse when he finished, and wished vociferously to know if there were not another spellbinder on the stage. Then the spirit of mischief entered ...
— The Candidate - A Political Romance • Joseph Alexander Altsheler

... the Baptist who will show us the way of the Lord, rather than a thousand theological, hot-house posies, who will show us only the opinions of the authorities." And the Rev. James tramped up and down the kitchen, speaking with all the vehemence of a political spellbinder, until his wife caught him by the coat and insisted that she wanted to be kissed. When that operation was successfully performed, she said, "Now run away to your study, dear, and don't bother about this just now. You're excited." And ...
— That Printer of Udell's • Harold Bell Wright



Words linked to "Spellbinder" :   spellbind, public speaker, speechmaker, rhetorician, speechifier, orator



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