rhetor

American  

[ree-ter, ret-er] / ˈri tər, ˈrɛt ər /

noun

1. a master or teacher of rhetoric.

2. an orator.

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rhetor British  

/ ˈriːtə /

noun

1. a teacher of rhetoric

2. (in ancient Greece) an orator

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Etymology

Origin of rhetor

1325–75; < Latin rhētor < Greek rhḗtōr; replacing Middle English rethor < Medieval Latin, Latin, as above

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rhetor

The hero is one Encolpius, who begins by bewailing to a rhetor named Agamemnon the decline of native eloquence, which his friend admits, and ascribes to the general laxity of education.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

The magical transformation wrought by Roman rule in a century and a half seized the imagination of contemporaries such as the rhetor Aristides.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill

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

Silenus, the Greek rhetor, made the last of the group.

From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne

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 Charles Seignobos

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