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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhetor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhetor¹

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

Example Sentences

He will be overthrown and humiliated before the Dikastery by a clever rhetor.

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Aristides Rhetor (c. 160) also relates how in the winter, which began with Tobi, the Nile water was at its purest.

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The introduction of the rhetor synchronizes with the transition from the private patron to the patron-as-government-official.

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

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

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