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Is rhetor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rhetor is a Scrabble US word. The word rhetor is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is rhetor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rhetor is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

RHETOR,ROTHER,

5-letter words (3 found)

OTHER,RETRO,THROE,

4-letter words (12 found)

HERO,HOER,HORE,HOTE,ROHE,RORE,RORT,ROTE,TEHR,THRO,TORE,TORR,

3-letter words (18 found)

ERR,ETH,HER,HET,HOE,HOT,ORE,ORT,REH,REO,RET,RHO,ROE,ROT,THE,THO,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,ER,ET,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from rhetor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rhetor

rhetor

Etymology

From Middle English rethor, from Old French retor and Latin rhētor, rētor, rēthor (“teacher of rhetoric, rhetorician”), from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

rhetor (plural rhetors)

  1. (archaic) A rhetorician.
    • 1643, Henry Hammond, Christ and Barabbas (a sermon)
      Your hearing , which is mostly the fairest part of you , what is it but as of a rhetor at a desk , to commend or dislike , the same which you have as well for the stage as the pulpit , a plaudit or an hiss

References

“rhetor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Rother, rethor, rother

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.tor/, [ˈreːt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.tor/, [ˈrɛːt̪or]

Noun

rhētor m (genitive rhētoris); third declension

  1. teacher of rhetoric.
  2. (derogatory) orator, rhetorician.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • rhētorica
  • rhētoricē
  • rhētoricor
  • rhētoricus
  • rhētorissō

Descendants

  • → English: rhetor
  • → French: rhéteur
  • Italian: retore
  • Sicilian: rituri
  • → Spanish: rétor

References

  • “rhetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rhetor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rhetor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 306.

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