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rhetorician

[ret-uh-rish-uhn] / ˌrɛt əˈrɪʃ ən /


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In conversation with sociologist and Hamilton University President Stephen Pepper, Obama, ever the master rhetorician, said:

From Salon Oct. 18, 2025

Johnson the undergraduate classicist, Eton rhetorician and middlebrow biographer was fond of making quotations, stitching together attitudes and throwing out highfalutin references to fascinate and flatter down-home audiences.

From Washington Post Jul. 8, 2022

And so it put forth its finest rhetorician to sell determinism in the guise of choice.

From Slate May 22, 2019

Franklin was a gifted rhetorician and singer, and he prospered as the pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2018

That’s not meant in a nice way; but could there be a better epitaph for a rhetorician?

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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