Rhetorician
[retə'rɪʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛtə'rɪʃən]
Definition
(n.) One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.
(n.) A teacher of rhetoric.
(n.) An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
(a.) Suitable to a master of rhetoric.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Adept in rhetoric, proficient in rhetoric.
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Examples
- Just at this time, Pierre Abelard, who had already made himself widely famous as a rhetorician, came to found a school of rhetoric in Paris. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They continued to correspond, she in the unweighed language of unwavering affection, he in the chilly phraseology of the polished rhetorician. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The manners are clumsy and inferior; the hand of the rhetorician is apparent at every turn. Plato. The Republic.
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