storyteller
Americannoun
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a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
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a person who tells more or less trivial falsehoods; fibber.
noun
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a person who tells stories
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informal a liar
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Etymology
Origin of storyteller
1700–10; story 1 + teller ( def. )
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He is a storyteller, choosing only the useful parts of the story.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
He was also a storyteller who loved wordplay – something that later informed his son's lyrics.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Bazuin: I wanted this to feel like a storybook come to life — we literally jump inside Andrea’s book with Andrea as our storyteller and reenactor of her own experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Mr. Awoke’s material is rich and his writing is stately, but as a storyteller he seems to be winging it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
During each of these gatherings, when it was my time to respond, I always told the storyteller that I would think it over, which of course was not a good enough answer.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
The two had a deep and enduring friendship, as both were storytellers and bullshitters with a shared interest in overseas military adventurism.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Latino storytellers and those from Latin America, at the TCL Chinese Theatre complex in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
When asked what attracted him to Allen's email out of all the documentary pitches he received, Leigh said there was a genuine kindness to the group, who were all good storytellers.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
“The InterPositive team is joining Netflix because of our shared belief that innovation should empower storytellers, not replace them,” Netflix Chief Product and Technology Officer Elizabeth Stone said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
They were natural storytellers and beautiful singers; innately charming people who treated us like long-lost cousins.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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