rhetorician

[ ret-uh-rish-uhn ]
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noun
  1. an expert in the art of rhetoric.

  2. a person who teaches rhetoric.

  1. a person who writes or speaks in an elaborate or exaggerated style.

Origin of rhetorician

1
1375–1425; late Middle English rethoricien<Middle French rethoriquerhetoric + -ien-ian

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rhetorician

/ (ˌrɛtəˈrɪʃən) /


noun
  1. a teacher of the art of rhetoric

  2. a stylish or eloquent writer or speaker

  1. a person whose speech is pompous or extravagant

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