banter
noun
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
banterer
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a word derived from
banter.
Example Sentences
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Those words might be applied to the world’s favorite fictional contemporary lover, fighter and banterer, James Bond.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2015
I’m normally a verbose text banterer who carefully crafts and revises witty text replies to friends.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2015
Indeed, sir," answered Jones, "I scorn the character of a banterer.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
He regained his health, as thorough a banterer as before, thinking life beautiful, and not seeing why it should not last for ever.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
He was too much a banterer himself to miss the undercurrent of raillery.
From The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath
