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All seem to use the word differently than in its usual application to novelists, playwrights and raconteurs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Over seven decades, the Australian entertainer built a global reputation as one of the greatest raconteurs and comedians of his age.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

The characters were raconteurs who couldn’t help mythologizing their youth, their city and their relationships.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2022

My dad was a sailor and one of the great raconteurs of all time.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2020

There are, to be sure, stand-up comedians, shaggy- dog raconteurs, consummate essayists, and authors of mystery novels who can build up curiosity and suspense and then resolve it all with a sudden revelation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker