monologist
Americannoun
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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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“Eventually I became what I grew up with, which is a folk music act with a funny monologist, making funny intros to songs.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Bernhard was a monologist fueled by energetic misanthropy, disgust and vitriol.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2022
“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
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
Lady Arthur is silenced, for she has not the slightest idea what a monologist is.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
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