rhetor
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
an orator.
Origin of rhetor
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How to use rhetor in a sentence
He will be overthrown and humiliated before the Dikastery by a clever rhetor.
Aristides rhetor (c. 160) also relates how in the winter, which began with Tobi, the Nile water was at its purest.
The introduction of the rhetor synchronizes with the transition from the private patron to the patron-as-government-official.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | VariousJuvenal had a full course of education, first under the litterator and the grammaticus, then under the rhetor.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors | George MiddletonIt was not the oration of a rhetor—it was the confession of an ardent, pure patriot.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 | Adam Gurowski
British Dictionary definitions for rhetor
/ (ˈriːtə) /
a teacher of rhetoric
(in ancient Greece) an orator
Origin of rhetor
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