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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“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
They called him a monologist, and the man who talked about his father, which is the worst motto ever, the man who talks about his father.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023
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
Precisely as a monologist can vary the length of his offering by leaving out gags, the two-act performers can shorten their offering at will—by leaving out points.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett
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