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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It will be remembered that the Romans considered rhetoric, or the art of the rhetor, or orator, as first in importance.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
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 Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
Script., published in 1548, during Barclay's life time, adorns him with the epithets "Scotus, rhetor ac poeta insignis."
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
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
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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