English Explanatory Dictionary

rhetorician

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An expert or student of rhetoric.
  2. An orator or eloquent public speaker.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹɛt.əˈɹɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rhetorician.wav

Word forms

rhetorician rhetoricians rhetoritian

Etymology

From Middle English rethoricien, from Old French retoricien; equivalent to rhetoric + -ian.

Related words

rhetor rhetoric
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