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rhetor

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rhe·tor  (rtôr, -tr)
n.
1. A teacher of rhetoric.
2. An orator.
[Middle English rether, from Latin rhtor, from Greek rhtr; see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.]
rhetor [ˈriːtə]
n
1. (Literature / Rhetoric) a teacher of rhetoric
2. (Literature / Rhetoric) (in ancient Greece) an orator
[via Latin from Greek rhētōr; related to rhēma word]


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