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

Hitler may be the most famous example of a German rhetor who engaged in this kind of demagoguery, but he didn’t invent it.

From Salon

Rhetor′ical, pertaining to rhetoric: oratorical.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

A famous rhetor, Aristides, who is mentioned in history as one of the mightiest champions polytheism ever has been able to raise against triumphant Christianity, saw, in his hours of exaltation, the great �sculapius, who gave him directions how to carry on his warfare.

From Project Gutenberg

Or are they philosophers, at your choice, Plato or Aristotle or Zeno or Epicurus, once presiding over the rolls of poetry and science in some noble's or some rhetor's library?

From Project Gutenberg

Educated by an Athenian rhetor, he conversed in Greek fluently; he knew whole pages of the "Iliad" by heart, and during a feast could sing odes of Anacreon till he had grown hoarse or drunk.

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