rhetorician

Example Sentences

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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

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

The skills required are not those of a university lecturer but a rhetorician.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2017

Cicero was a model of the practical rhetorician.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith