Lexical Definition

‎ῥήτωρ‎ rhḗtōr (hray'-tore) spokesman ^G:N-M
from ‎ῥέω‎

orator.

• a speaker, i.e. (by implication) a forensic advocate

Abbott-Smith

* ῥήτωρ, -ορος, ὁ
a public speaker, an orator: Ac 24:1.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ῥήτωρ, ορος, ὁ,

also ἡ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἐρῶ):— public speaker, μύθων ῥήτορες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially at Athens, οἱ ῥήτορες the public speakers in the ἐκκλησία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δέκα ῥ. the Ten Attic Orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ ῥ. 'par excellence' = Demosthenes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 one who gives sentence, judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 advocate, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 later, teacher of eloquence, rhetorician, [Refs]
__II as adjective, ῥ. λόγος oratory, [Refs]