rhetorician
/ˌrɛtəˈrɪʃən/
noun
- A person who is skilled in the art of speaking or writing effectively, especially to persuade or influence others.
- The politician hired a famous rhetorician to help write his campaign speeches.
- As a skilled rhetorician, she could make even the weakest argument sound convincing.
- The ancient Greek rhetorician Aristotle wrote famous works on persuasion.
- A person who studies or teaches the principles of rhetoric.
- The university's most respected rhetorician published a new textbook on argumentation.
- The conference brought together rhetoricians from around the world to discuss political speech.
- Many modern rhetoricians analyze how social media changes the way we communicate.