discourse
noun
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.
discourser
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a word derived from
discourse.
Example Sentences
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DAW: There's Aristotle, a mere common-place fellow; Plato, a discourser; Thucydides and Livy, tedious and dry; Tacitus, an entire knot: sometimes worth the untying, very seldom.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
“What do you think of Dr. Channing, Mr. Coleridge?” said a brisk young gentleman to the mighty discourser, as he sat next him at a small tea-party.
From Spare Hours by John Brown
He left on my mind the impression of his being the best discourser on imaginative topics, and the most dangerous person to be entrusted with practical ones, I had ever met with.
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
He was a very pleasant discourser, in earnest and in jest, and, therefore, very grateful to all kind of company, where he was not the less esteemed for being very rich.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
He was indeed the principal interlocutor and discourser at the discussions, which were on all subjects, religions, literary, and philosophical.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
