anecdotist

[ an-ik-doh-tist ]

noun

1. a collector or teller of anecdotes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anecdotist¹

First recorded in 1830–40; anecdote + -ist

Example Sentences

Rattenden was an amusing anecdotist and had amassed a prodigious amount of raw material for his craft.

From Project Gutenberg

The scene of the prank was not in itself so bad as the stuff which a cunning anecdotist could make out of it.

From Project Gutenberg

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