rhetor
Americannoun
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a master or teacher of rhetoric.
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an orator.
noun
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a teacher of rhetoric
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(in ancient Greece) an orator
Etymology
Origin of rhetor
1325–75; < Latin rhētor < Greek rhḗtōr; replacing Middle English rethor < Medieval Latin, Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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To think clearly, to arrange your matter under formal heads, to have each paragraph definitely articulated and each sentence simply and exactly expressed: that was the main lesson of the Greek rhetor.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
He visited the public baths rarely, only when some rhetor happened there who roused admiration and who was spoken of in the city, or when in the ephebias there were combats of exceptional interest.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
L. Annaeus Seneca, the son of Annaeus Seneca, the rhetor, was born at Corduba in Spain.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
He is not mentioned by Leland, but Bale calls him "insignis sui temporis rhetor ac poeta;" and states further, that in the city of Norwich, "non sine magno auditorum fructu, bonas artes ingenue profitebatur."
From Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
The rhetor Seneca has left us many of these oratorical themes; they discuss stolen children, brigands, and romantic adventures.
From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles
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