Definition of "elocutionist"

Melville Bell's father, Alexander Bell, had been a famous elocutionist and stage reciter.

1998, Beverly Collins, Inger M. Mees, The Real Professor Higgins, Walter de Gruyter, page 465

Her ability as a recitalist or elocutionist, as she was sometimes called, indicated a possible career on the stage.

2013, Michael Gnarowski, Pauline Johnson: Selected Poetry and Prose, Dundurn