diseur
Americannoun
plural
diseursEtymology
Origin of diseur
< French: literally, speaker, Old French, equivalent to dis- (stem of dire < Latin dīcere; diction ) + -eur -eur
Example Sentences
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He was, Burke thought, a mere diseur de bons mots.
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He was especially fond of the game of "forfeits"; and so great was his fame as a diseur, that the penalty generally imposed upon him was the reciting of a fable.
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But great diseur as he was, he himself acknowledged that Samson could have given him a lesson.
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Elle signifie aussy que sy bien lauditeur de la messe come the saier, ought to be chaste, or they be nat worthy to be to le diseur, doibuent estre chaiste, ou ilz ne sont point dignes destre a suche misteris.
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Who is there to replace that perilously piquant diseur Harry Fragson?
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