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

Script., published in 1548, during Barclay's life time, adorns him with the epithets "Scotus, rhetor ac poeta insignis."

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"And at the pitcher thou dost become a rhetor?"

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It will be remembered that the Romans considered rhetoric, or the art of the rhetor, or orator, as first in importance.

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And one of the best and most distinguished sons of that province who found a career at Rome, was the rhetor Quintilian.

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The magical transformation wrought by Roman rule in a century and a half seized the imagination of contemporaries such as the rhetor Aristides.

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