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Monologist

Monologist \Mo*nol"o*gist\, n. [See Monologue.] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company.
--De Quincey.

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monologist

n. A person who performs monologues

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monologist

n. an entertainer who performs along

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Monologist

A monologist (/mɒnɒlədʒɪst/), or interchangeably monologuist (/mɒnɒləgɪst/), is a solo artist who recites or gives dramatic readings from a monologue, soliloquy, poetry, or work of literature for the entertainment of an audience. The term can also apply (often disparagingly) to one who dominates a conversation, or to a bird with a repeating monotonous cry.

Usage examples of "monologist".

It was like watching an incredibly able monologist playing many parts.

Kantor the monologist, Kantor the financier, Kantor the bon vivant waving his silver-headed walking stick.

Father Hazzard was drawn up to the table with the monologist, following every word closely, and nodding in benign accord from time to time.

Wolff had been disgusted and depressed to find that most of the beach-crowd or the forest-crowd were monologists, however intensely they seemed to be speaking or however gregarious they were.