rhetor

[ ree-ter, ret-er ]

noun
  1. a master or teacher of rhetoric.

  2. an orator.

Origin of rhetor

1
1325–75; <Latin rhētor<Greek rhḗtōr; replacing Middle English rethor<Medieval Latin, Latin, as above

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rhetor

/ (ˈriːtə) /


noun
  1. a teacher of rhetoric

  2. (in ancient Greece) an orator

Origin of rhetor

1
C14: via Latin from Greek rhētōr; related to rhēma word

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