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rhetor

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rhe⋅tor

  [ree-ter, ret-er]
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–noun
1. a master or teacher of rhetoric.
2. an orator.
Origin:
1325–75; < L rhētor < Gk rhtōr; r. ME rethor < ML, L, as above
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rhe·tor   (rē'tôr', -tər)   
n.  

  1. A teacher of rhetoric.

  2. An orator.


[Middle English rether, from Latin rhētor, from Greek rhētōr; see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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