rhetorician
/ˌɹɛt.əˈɹɪ.ʃən/
rhetorician means an expert or student of rhetoric. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
rhetorician is pronounced /ˌɹɛt.əˈɹɪ.ʃən/.
Why “rhetorician” is a great word
RHETORICIAN — [Noun] An expert in or teacher of the art of rhetoric, or an eloquent public speaker. From Middle English *rethoricien*, from Old French *retoricien*; equivalent to *rhetoric* (from Latin *rhetorica*, from Greek *rhētorikē*) + the agent suffix *-ian*. Unlike an orator, who performs the speech, or a sophist, who historically taught fallacious argument, the rhetorician is the formal architect of persuasive discourse. It is the hand mapping a cadence in the lamplit study, the strategist selecting the word to turn a jury's sentiment, the critic dismantling a slogan to expose its hidden timbers—a practitioner of the oldest art of shaping reality with nothing but ordered sound.
Etymology
From Middle English rethoricien, from Old French retoricien; equivalent to rhetoric + -ian.
noun
- An expert or student of rhetoric.“Themistocles was a rhetorician.”
- An orator or eloquent public speaker.