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rhetor

[ ree-ter, ret-er ]

noun

  1. a master or teacher of rhetoric.
  2. an orator.


rhetor

/ ˈ°ù¾±Ë³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a teacher of rhetoric
  2. (in ancient Greece) an orator
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rhetor1

1325–75; < Latin °ù³óŧ³Ù´Ç°ù < Greek °ù³óḗtÅ°ù; replacing Middle English rethor < Medieval Latin, Latin, as above
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rhetor1

C14: via Latin from Greek °ù³óŧ³ÙÅ°ù ; related to °ù³óŧ³¾²¹ word
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Hitler may be the most famous example of a German rhetor who engaged in this kind of demagoguery, but he didn’t invent it.

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Rhetor′ical, pertaining to rhetoric: oratorical.—adv.

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A famous rhetor, Aristides, who is mentioned in history as one of the mightiest champions polytheism ever has been able to raise against triumphant Christianity, saw, in his hours of exaltation, the great �sculapius, who gave him directions how to carry on his warfare.

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Or are they philosophers, at your choice, Plato or Aristotle or Zeno or Epicurus, once presiding over the rolls of poetry and science in some noble's or some rhetor's library?

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Educated by an Athenian rhetor, he conversed in Greek fluently; he knew whole pages of the "Iliad" by heart, and during a feast could sing odes of Anacreon till he had grown hoarse or drunk.

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