n. [ Cf. F. rhétoricien. ] 1. One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric. [ 1913 Webster ] The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A teacher of rhetoric. [ 1913 Webster ] The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] | 