Rhet`o*ri"cian (?), n. [Cf. F.
rhétoricien.] 1. One well versed in
the rules and principles of rhetoric.
The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere
logician and a mere rhetorician.
F. W.
Robertson.
2. A teacher of rhetoric.
The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which
ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years
old.
Bacon.
3. An orator; specifically, an artificial
orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
Macaulay.
Rhet`o*ri"cian, a. Suitable to a
master of rhetoric. "With rhetorician pride."
Blackmore.
Rhet`o*ri"cian (?), n. [Cf. F.
rhétoricien.] 1. One well versed in
the rules and principles of rhetoric.
The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere
logician and a mere rhetorician.
F. W.
Robertson.
2. A teacher of rhetoric.
The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which
ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years
old.
Bacon.
3. An orator; specifically, an artificial
orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
Macaulay.
Rhet`o*ri"cian, a. Suitable to a
master of rhetoric. "With rhetorician pride."
Blackmore.
