"rhetorician" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɹɛt.əˈɹɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rhetorician.wav Forms: rhetoricians [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English rethoricien, from Old French retoricien; equivalent to rhetoric + -ian. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rethoricien}} Middle English rethoricien, {{der|en|fro|retoricien}} Old French retoricien, {{af|en|rhetoric|-ian}} rhetoric + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} rhetorician (plural rhetoricians)
  1. An expert or student of rhetoric. Categories (topical): People Translations (expert or student of rhetoric): ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), հռետոր (hṙetor) (Armenian), hrethor (Latin), rhetor (Latin), ритор (ritor) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rhetorician-en-noun-ECzQhRXN Disambiguation of People: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'expert or student of rhetoric': 95 5
  2. An orator or eloquent public speaker. Categories (topical): People Translations (orator or eloquent public speaker): ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), հռետոր (hṙetor) (Armenian), ρήτορας (rítoras) [masculine] (Greek), ритор (ritor) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rhetorician-en-noun-BHKu~Yji Disambiguation of People: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'orator or eloquent public speaker': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rhetoritian [obsolete] Related terms: rhetor, rhetoric

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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