rhetorician

English

Alternative forms

• rhetoritian (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛt.ə.ˈɹɪ.ʃən/

Noun

rhetorician (plural rhetoricians)

1. An expert or student of rhetoric.

   Themistocles was a rhetorician.

2. An orator or eloquent public speaker.

Related terms

• rhetor
• rhetoric

Translations

expert or student of rhetoric

• Armenian: հռետոր (hy) (hṙetor)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥήτωρ m (rhḗtōr)

• Latin: hrethor, rhetor
• Russian: ритор (ru) (ritor)

orator or eloquent public speaker

• Armenian: հռետոր (hy) (hṙetor)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥήτωρ m (rhḗtōr)

• Russian: ритор (ru) (ritor)