rhetor
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- noun
- /ˈrɛtər/
- Formal
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- Some rhetors have demonstrated that rhetoric is still very much employed in our time by quoting various twentieth-century figures (with Winston Churchill being a favorite).
- other rhetors
Examples
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We can add stylistic categories not provided by Lanham and other rhetors.
Academic text (1999) -
To fulfill this function, Chinese rhetors or her Chinese composition students like to appeal to authority and tradition rather than to Western logic (800).
Academic text (2003) -
But even more striking to me is the notion that perhaps the rhetor himself acts as a medium to a world construct governed by whatever idea he is proposing.
Blog text (4) -
"Any given reader, like the listening audience for the rhetor's apostrophe, is, however, the receiver of the message by virtue of having read or heard it."
Academic text (1994) -
The Selman Summit of ancient education, The rhetor, the Doctor of eloquence, was a more exalted being than a mere grammarian.
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Certainly, ideas must at some level be crafted for the sake of an audience, but once delivered, the rhetor's intent is to have his audience moved to adopt whatever idea (or even action) he intends.
Blog text (4) -
Other rhetors who have catalogued the classical tropes and schemes have chosen their illustrations almost solely from ancient Greek, Roman, or British sources (Shakespeare being a favorite, for good reason).
Academic text (1997) -
The rhetor captivated the audience with his eloquent speech on democracy.
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In ancient Greece, a skilled rhetor could influence public opinion with persuasive arguments.
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Many great thinkers, such as Aristotle, were recognized as rhetors for their mastery of persuasive writing.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who gives a talk to an audience
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6.8
A person who gives formal speeches and speaks well in public
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8.9
A person who gives speeches that try to convince people
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4.4
A person who gives a speech to an audience
A short word used in schools for the study of persuasive speaking or for a person who teaches it
A person who gives a formal speech to an audience
A person who gives long formal talks in a proud, showy way
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rhetor comes from a Greek word for a skilled 'public speaker'. It is the same root as rhetoric, the art of speaking or writing to 'persuade'. So a rhetor is someone who uses words to persuade or influence others.