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Definitions for rhetorician
ˌrɛt əˈrɪʃ ənrhetori·cian

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifiernoun

    a person who delivers a speech or oration

Wiktionary

  1. rhetoriciannoun

    An expert or student of rhetoric.

  2. rhetoriciannoun

    An orator or eloquent public speaker.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rhetoricianadjective

    Suiting a master of rhetorick.

    Boldly presum’d with rhetorician pride,
    To hold of any question either side. Richard Blackmore.

  2. Rhetoriciannoun

    One who teaches the science of rhetorick.

    Etymology: rhetoricien, Fr. rhetor, Lat.

    The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. Francis Bacon.

    ’Tis the business of rhetoricians to treat the characters of the passions. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    A man may be a very good rhetorician, and yet at the same time a mean orator. Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning.

Wikipedia

  1. rhetorician

    Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. Aristotle defines rhetoric as "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" and since mastery of the art was necessary for victory in a case at law, for passage of proposals in the assembly, or for fame as a speaker in civic ceremonies, he calls it "a combination of the science of logic and of the ethical branch of politics". Rhetoric typically provides heuristics for understanding, discovering, and developing arguments for particular situations, such as Aristotle's three persuasive audience appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. The five canons of rhetoric or phases of developing a persuasive speech were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. From Ancient Greece to the late 19th century, rhetoric played a central role in Western education in training orators, lawyers, counsellors, historians, statesmen, and poets.

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  1. rhetorician

    A rhetorician is a person who is skilled in the art of rhetoric, public speaking, or eloquent and persuasive expression. This individual might be an expert in creating effective speeches, understanding language and communication theories, and applying rhetorical strategies to construct compelling arguments. Rhetoricians could be professional speechwriters, orators, politicians, professors, or scholars studying and teaching the principles of rhetoric.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rhetoriciannoun

    one well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric

  2. Rhetoriciannoun

    a teacher of rhetoric

  3. Rhetoriciannoun

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

  4. Rhetoricianadjective

    suitable to a master of rhetoric

  5. Etymology: [Cf. F. rhtoricien.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rhetorician in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rhetorician in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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