ˌred.əˈrishən, -etə- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rethoricien, from Middle French, from rethorique rhetoric + -ien -ian
1.
a. : a master or teacher of rhetoric (as in ancient Greece and Rome) : one concerned with rhetoric
he was a rhetorician and cared little for give-and-take — Jean Stafford
b. : orator
the only university whose rhetoricians have twice won the … tournament, outtalking all opponents in that oratorical round robin — T.D.Durrance
2.
a. : an eloquent writer or speaker
a great rhetorician , a master of telling phrases and emphatic effects — Maurice Bowra
b. : one who writes or speaks in an inflated or bombastic style
seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician — W.S.Maugham