rhetorician

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And in the course of our investigations, as you will see yourself, the rhetorician has been acknowledged to be incapable of making an unjust use of rhetoric, or of willingness to do injustice.

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  1. noun An expert in or teacher of rhetoric.
  2. noun An eloquent speaker or writer.
  3. noun A person given to verbal extravagance.

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  1. from Old French rhetoricien, rethoricien, French rhétoricien; as rhetoric + -ian.
 

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/rɛtəˈrɪʃən/
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