rhetorician

Example Sentences

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Sitting to the left of the Chancellor, Master Rhetorician Hemme made a disgusted noise at my comment, earning him an irritated look from the Chancellor.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

And the afflicted Rhetorician attempted a diabolical grin, but failed signally; and groaned instead.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

After having for some time practised as a "Rhetorician," that is, advocate or jurist, in his native land, he seems to have migrated early to Byzantium or Constantinople.

From The Secret History of the Court of Justinian by Procopius

One does not permit any Rhetorician to speak of himself without a necessary cause.

From The Banquet (Il Convito) by Sayer, Elizabeth Price

Seneca, the Father, the Rhetorician, confesseth of himself, he had a miraculous one, not only to receive, but to hold.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John