rhetorician

/ˈrɛdəˌrɪʃən/

Other forms: rhetoricians

Definitions of rhetorician

1. noun

   a person who delivers a speech or oration
   synonyms: orator, public speaker, speechifier, speechmaker

   examples:

   Edmund Burke

   British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

   Marcus Tullius Cicero

   a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)

   Demosthenes

   Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)

   Patrick Henry

   a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

   Isocrates

   Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC)

   types:

   eulogist, panegyrist

   an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics

   elocutionist

   a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery

   haranguer

   a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech

   spellbinder

   an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound

   tub-thumper

   a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker

   type of:

   speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

   someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)