rhetorician
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhetorician in British English:
UK [ˌretəˈrɪʃn]
How to pronounce rhetorician in American English:
US [ˌrɛtəˈrɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- a person who delivers a speech or oration
Word Origin
- rhetorician (n.)
- early 15c., Old French rethoricien, from rethorique (see rhetoric). An Old English word for one was wordsawere "word-sower."
Example
- 1. Lucian was famous greek rhetorician .
- 2. Athenian orator and rhetorician whose letters and pamphlets are a valuable source of ancient greek political thought .
- 3. In fact , the first-century roman rhetorician quintilian , in his treatise on oratory , gives the gesture as a sign of approval .
- 4. Longinus , a rhetorician of ancient greece , describes sublimity as a style of writing .
- 5. This steep-sloped amphitheater was built around a.d. 160 by greek philosopher and rhetorician herodes atticus as a tribute to his wife .