monologist
Americannoun
plural
monologists-
a person who tends to monologue or soliloquize, especially a person who dominates conversation.
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an actor who performs monologues and soliloquies.
Example Sentences
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That’s a sensation with which actor, comedian and monologist Mike Birbiglia has always been intimately familiar.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2020
“He’s done some really good work as a monologist at those correspondents’ dinners — that’s how he qualifies to be on the show,” Seinfeld said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2016
While she travels extensively and speaks to everyone, she stresses that her monologues are fictional but based on reality, sidestepping the mess that monologist Mike Daisey faced when he admitted to making up conversations.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2012
Like the grad student narrator of the sample, the other speakers are monologist interpreters of experience who struggle to overcome self-indulgence.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2011
In addition to this, the monologist usually retains the author to write new points and gags for him each week that he works.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett
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