taleteller
Americannoun
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a telltale; talebearer.
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a person who tells falsehoods.
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a person who tells tales or stories; narrator.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of taleteller
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at tale, teller
Example Sentences
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In the first, we meet our taleteller, Christine Pizan, a complicit yet remorseful resident on CIEL.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2017
And essential to a taleteller who leaves us with one hopeful question: "Do you see?"
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2010
What is this perverse allure of the horrible that in all ages and nations has made men sit at the feet of the taleteller who can summon adrenalin with shadow dangers?
From Time Magazine Archive
"When I hit town at sunup I heared it," says a taleteller.
From Time Magazine Archive
One wine-sodden taleteller even claimed that Rhaegar Targaryen had returned from the dead and was marshaling a vast host of ancient heroes on Dragonstone to reclaim his father's throne.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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