the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A talker; a converser; a conversationalist.
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n. someone skilled at conversation
Word Usage
"Richard Sharpe, the "conversationist" as he was called in London, kept a regular book of entry, in which he recorded where and before whom he had uttered severally his choice sayings."