Definitions for rhetoricianˌrɛt əˈrɪʃ ən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rhet•o•ri•cianˌrɛt əˈrɪʃ ən(n.)

  1. an expert in the art of rhetoric.

    Category: Rhetoric

  2. a person who writes or speaks in an elaborate or exaggerated style.

  3. a person who teaches rhetoric.

    Category: Rhetoric

Origin of rhetorician:

1375–1425; late ME rethoricien < MF rethoriquerhetoric+-ien -ian

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier(noun)

    a person who delivers a speech or oration

Wiktionary

  1. rhetorician(Noun)

    An expert or student of rhetoric.

  2. rhetorician(Noun)

    An orator or eloquent public speaker.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rhetorician(noun)

    one well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric

  2. Rhetorician(noun)

    a teacher of rhetoric

  3. Rhetorician(noun)

    an orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer

  4. Rhetorician(adj)

    suitable to a master of rhetoric


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