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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhetorician
Rhetˊo-ri′cian
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
rhétoricien
.] 1.
One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.
The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere
rhetorician
. F. W. Robertson.
2.
A teacher of rhetoric.
The ancient sophists and
rhetoricians
, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. Bacon.
3.
An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
Macaulay.
Rhetˊo-ri′cian
,Adj.
Suitable to a master of rhetoric.
“With rhetorician pride.” Blackmore.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rhetorician
RHETORI'CIAN
, n.1.
One who teaches the art of rhetoric, or the principles and rules of correct and elegant speaking.The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, who had young auditors, lived till they were a hundred years old.
2.
One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.3.
An orator. [Less proper.]RHETORI'CIAN
,Adj.
Definition 2024
rhetorician
rhetorician
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Alternative forms
- rhetoritian (obsolete)
Noun
rhetorician (plural rhetoricians)