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raconteur

[ US /ˌɹækɑnˈtuɹ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˌækəntˈɜː/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person skilled in telling anecdotes

How To Use raconteur In A Sentence

  • Boy, what we are willing to subject ourselves to for our local raconteur (I almost said quidnunc). Is That Legal?: A Quick Game of Twenty(-five) Questions
  • He was the most wonderful raconteur and he could make a good anecdote last 20 minutes. Times, Sunday Times
  • My father made my mother laugh so much - he was a great raconteur and told the funniest stories. Times, Sunday Times
  • A very sociable man, he had his own chair at his ‘local’ where he was appreciated as a raconteur of amusing and highly-embroidered stories.
  • The big story of the day is that Jack White has launched yet another new band, the Dead Weather, with The Kills 'sassy caterwauler Alison Mossheart on vocals, the Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence on bass and Queens of the Stone Age's Dean Fertitia on guitar. Idolator
  • Raconteurs like Peter Ustinov were once the stars of chat shows before they dumbed down and the guests became one long procession of slebs trying to sell something, whether it be CD, book, film or whatever.
  • - The Times (UK) Boyd is from the same generation as Martin Amis, Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan and, as a literary technician and raconteur, he is at least their equal. Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd: Book summary
  • We all enjoyed his quick wit and his skill as a raconteur. Times, Sunday Times
  • The raconteur mentioned that the quotation was from the Bible.
  • People enjoyed his company: he was amusing and a fine raconteur. Times, Sunday Times
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