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rhetorician

noun
rhet·​o·​ri·​cian | \ ËŒre-tÉ™-ˈri-shÉ™n How to pronounce rhetorician (audio) \

Definition of rhetorician

1a : a master or teacher of rhetoric
b : orator
2 : an eloquent or grandiloquent writer or speaker

Examples of rhetorician in a Sentence

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 The skills required are not those of a university lecturer but a rhetorician. — Tim Requarth, Slate Magazine, "Scientists, Stop Thinking Explaining Science Will Fix Things," 19 Apr. 2017 His most important tool, as a scientist and rhetorician, would be simplicity. — Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, "Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real," 17 May 2017

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First Known Use of rhetorician

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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