rhetor

American  

[ree-ter, ret-er] / ˈri tər, ˈrɛt ər /

noun

1. a master or teacher of rhetoric.

2. an orator.

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rhetor British  

/ ˈriːtə /

noun

1. a teacher of rhetoric

2. (in ancient Greece) an orator

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Etymology

Origin of rhetor

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

Example Sentences

The minister still remained there, absorbed as after an unhealthy insomnia, when Warcolier entered, ever serious, with his splendid, redundant phrases and his usual attitude of a pedantic rhetor.

From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri

April 30.—The abomination of slavery makes such a splendid field to any rhetor attacking that curse.

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

Landini, recording the discoveries of his friend, exclaims— “Illius manu, nobis, doctissime rhetor, Integer in Latium, Quintiliane, redis; Et te, Lucreti, longo post tempore, tandem Civibus et Patriæ reddit habere tuæ.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

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

Silenus, the Greek rhetor, made the last of the group.

From The Lion's Brood by Osborne, Duffield