laudātor, ōris, m. [laudo], a praiser; a eulogizer, panegyrist (class.).
I In gen.: integritatis et elegantiae, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 8: auctores et laudatores voluptatis, id. Sest. 10, 23: rerum mearum gestarum laudatores, id. Red. in Sen. 6, 16: temporis acti, Hor. A. P. 173: derisor vero plus laudatore movetur, id. ib. 433: formae, Ov. H. 21, 33: tuus, Cic. Fin. 1, 41, 90.—
II In partic.
A In a court of justice, one who bears favorable testimony to the character of the accused, a eulogizer, panegyrist : excitabo laudatores, quos ad hoc judicium ... deprecatores hujus periculi missos videtis, Cic. Balb. 18, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 57.—
B One who pronounces a funeral oration , Liv. 2, 47; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 6.