spellbinder

as in rhetorician

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Recent Examples of spellbinder William Jennings Bryan, the evangelical spellbinder from Nebraska, argued in the 1896 presidential election that McKinley Republicans were the party of corporate power, corporate subsidies, and the gold standard. Brenda Wineapple, New Republic, 21 Dec. 2017 This performance was, more often than not, a spellbinder. Richard S. Ginell, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2017
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Noun
  • Conley is a rhetorician who researches how cultural influences shape our everyday habits, preferences, biases and desires, particularly in the area of food and taste.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • And, to be fair, inside the Fiserv Forum, the consummate rhetoricians were men of color—Byron Donalds, Wesley Hunt, Vivek Ramaswamy, and, the most fervent of all, Lorenzo Sewell, a pastor from Detroit.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Noun
  • Ambitious teen orators hone their craft, vying for glory in a prestigious global speech contest.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 May 2025
  • The closing night film is teen orators documentary Speak, directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman.
    Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Spellbinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spellbinder. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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