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rhetor

[ ree-ter, ret-er ]

noun

  1. a master or teacher of rhetoric.
  2. an orator.


rhetor

/ ˈriːtə /

noun

  1. a teacher of rhetoric
  2. (in ancient Greece) an orator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rhetor1

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

Origin of rhetor1

C14: via Latin from Greek rhētōr ; related to rhēma word
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Example Sentences

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.

Juvenal had a full course of education, first under the litterator and the grammaticus, then under the rhetor.

It was not the oration of a rhetor—it was the confession of an ardent, pure patriot.

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