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Quotation dates: 1669
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(Rethoricator,) Rhetoricator, n. [e.m.E. rhetoricate to speak rhetorically, to use rhetorical language (1617), f. rhētoricāt-, p.p. stem of L. rhetoricārī.] A public speaker who speaks in a rhetorical manner; a persuasive or eloquent speaker. — 1669 Jus Populi 154.
Any leading popular man, or bold rhetoricator or a demagog 1669 Ib. 155.
He must be a strong rhetoricator indeed that will perswade any to beleeve this
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