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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
raconteur
noun
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▪ A colourful raconteur, his adventures would make a feature film I would pay money to see.
▪ Although he sometimes rounded the rough edges off the truth, he remained an amusing raconteur and lively company.
▪ As a raconteur and conversationalist, scattering indiscretions and gossip with gay abandon, he was the acme of unconventionality.
▪ Baseball raconteur Bill Rigney is holding court at a window table.
▪ Dave, garrulous, a bit tipsy, was a natural raconteur.
▪ Elizabeth: Oh, he was fabulous, he was a wonderful raconteur.
▪ Like many Pentecostal preachers he was an accomplished raconteur.
▪ Once he gets going, there is no stopping this longtime Chicago talk-show host, sports commentator, actor, professional raconteur.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raconteur

Raconteur \Ra`con`teur"\ (r[.a]`k[^o]N`t[~e]r"), n. [F.] A relater; a storyteller.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
raconteur

"storyteller, person skilled in relating anecdotes," 1828, from French raconteur, from raconter "to recount, tell, narrate," from re- (see re-) + Old French aconter "to count, render account" (see account (v.); and compare recount (v.1)). Related: Raconteuse (fem.).

Wiktionary
raconteur

n. A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit. vb. To make witty remarks or stories.

WordNet
raconteur

n. a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist]

Usage examples of "raconteur".

Then Malemute Kid, who was a born raconteur, told the unvarnished tale of the Northland Lochinvar.

This co-existence of serious scientific explorer and witty raconteur made Rhukk a highly popular guest on other chat shows and an interviewee in comnet programs.

Taking upon himself the role of guide and raconteur, outmatching those who lead crocodiles of tourists round the Tower of London and Hampton Court, he capitalized on the quiet of the bus to demonstrate his intimate knowledge of the campaign as fought so far.

William Rotsler, raconteur, cinema director, editor, essayist, writer, photographer, sculptor, cartoonist, humanitarian, bon vivant, lover of women, world traveler, friend to those who have no friends, enemy to those who make him their enemy, known only to his friend and companion Margo Lane as the man to whom belongs the voice of the invisible Shadow.