rhetor
Americannoun
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a master or teacher of rhetoric.
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an orator.
noun
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a teacher of rhetoric
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(in ancient Greece) an orator
Etymology
Origin of rhetor
1325–75; < Latin rhētor < Greek rhḗtōr; replacing Middle English rethor < Medieval Latin, Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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To think clearly, to arrange your matter under formal heads, to have each paragraph definitely articulated and each sentence simply and exactly expressed: that was the main lesson of the Greek rhetor.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
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
The magical transformation wrought by Roman rule in a century and a half seized the imagination of contemporaries such as the rhetor Aristides.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
Script., published in 1548, during Barclay's life time, adorns him with the epithets "Scotus, rhetor ac poeta insignis."
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
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