"rhetorician" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛt.ə.ˈɹɪ.ʃən/ 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, {{suffix|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), 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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'orator or eloquent public speaker': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rhetoritian [obsolete] Related terms: rhetor, rhetoric

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