diseur
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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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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.
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.
Who is there to replace that perilously piquant diseur Harry Fragson?
From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas
Count de Grammont is mentioned by Hamilton as being Agréable et vif en propos; Célèbre diseur de bon mots, Recueil vivant d'antiques Vaudevilles.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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