diseur
Americannoun
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diseurs
plural
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Etymology
Origin of diseur
< French: literally, speaker, Old French, equivalent to dis- (stem of dire < Latin dīcere; see diction) + -eur -eur
Example Sentences
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He was, Burke thought, a mere diseur de bons mots.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
But great diseur as he was, he himself acknowledged that Samson could have given him a lesson.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
Who is there to replace that perilously piquant diseur Harry Fragson?
From Nights in London by Thomas Burke
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.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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