See Also: rhetorician(dictionary)
rhetorician(dictionary)

rhetorician (iou)



rhetorician noun. LME.
[Old French rethoricien (mod. rhetoricien), formed as RHETORIC noun: see -IAN.]
Chiefly Classical History. A teacher of rhetoric; a professional orator. LME.
Orig., an eloquent or elegant writer. Later, a person who uses rhetorical language; esp. (freq. derog.) a public speaker whose language is artificial, insincere, or extravagant. LME.
(Rhetorician.) In certain English Roman Catholic schools and colleges, a scholar in the class of Rhetoric. L17.