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Raconteur

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

v. To make witty remarks or stories.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A relater; a storyteller.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A story-teller; a person given to or skilled in relating anecdotes, recounting adventures, or the like.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a person skilled in telling anecdotes

Word Usage

"York was known as a raconteur who loved telling jokes, including to the stone-faced negotiators for the Soviet Union during the long sessions in Geneva."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

story-teller narrator teller

Hyponym

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Synonym

Words with the same meaning

relater story-teller narrator

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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Same Context

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