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raconteur

[rak-uhn-tur, ra-kawn-ٲհ]

noun

plural

raconteurs 
  1. a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.



raconteur

/ ˌæɒˈɜː /

noun

  1. a person skilled in telling stories

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of raconteur1

1820–30; < French, equivalent to racont ( er ) to tell ( Old French r ( e ) - re- + aconter to tell, account ) + -eur -eur
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of raconteur1

C19: French, from raconter to tell
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“I became a chutney cosmopolite,” he wrote, “and a raconteur of relish recipes.”

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Ever the raconteur, Copeland is taking the speaking tour to Europe this spring and fall.

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Driven by a strong, distinctive raconteur, “Demon Copperhead” paints a nuanced picture of an Appalachia disparaged by others in America.

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Only Hackman could shift like that, from raconteur to angel of death.

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The Glendale-born raconteur continues, “I describe it in another book as ‘the city of a thousand villages.’

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