rhetorician

RHETORI'CIAN, n.

1. One who teaches the art of rhetoric, or the principles and rules of correct and elegant speaking.

The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, who had young auditors, lived till they were a hundred years old.

2. One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.

3. An orator. [Less proper.]

RHETORI'CIAN, a. [See the noun.] Suiting a master of rhetoric. [Not in use.]