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rostrum

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"Speaker's platform"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɒstɹəm/Part of speech nounSorted morrstuStarts with REnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A platform or stand used for public speaking.

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rōstrum (“beak, snout”), from rōd(ō) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman Rōstra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The Rōstra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories.

Used in a sentence

  • He saw a crowd listening to a man who was talking from the rostrum of a kitchen-chair.

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