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raconteur

[ rak-uhn-tur; French ra-kawn-tœr ]

noun

, plural rac·on·teurs [rak-, uh, n-, turz, r, a, -kaw, n, -, tœr].
  1. a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.


raconteur

/ ˌrækɒnˈtɜː /

noun

  1. a person skilled in telling stories
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of raconteur1

1820–30; < French, equivalent to racont ( er ) to tell ( Old French r ( e ) - re- + aconter to tell, account ) + -eur -eur
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Word History and Origins

Origin of raconteur1

C19: French, from raconter to tell
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Example Sentences

The characters were raconteurs who couldn’t help mythologizing their youth, their city and their relationships.

He was a well-known raconteur, and some of his stories were widely known and repeated--often by him.

She describes him as a raconteur and voracious reader of history and current affairs.

He was a brilliant lawyer, a great raconteur, and he had a wicked sense of humor—but unethical?

Like Beck, Jones is a raconteur with a penchant for dramatizing things to comic effect.

He is a raconteur extraordinaire and an interview with the dogged reporter can rapidly turn into a delicious gabfest.

A true daughter of Erin, she excels as a raconteur, nor does her philanthropy confine itself to the human race.

Thus supported, Mr. Pilcher assumed the ease of a graceful raconteur.

As a raconteur he stands almost unrivalled, and his powers of mimicry are in themselves sufficient to justify a career.

He was a boon companion, a delightful raconteur when at the club, and a jovial, roystering Bohemian when he left it.

It shall be my aim as far as may be to avoid the garrulity of the raconteur and to restrain the exaggerations of the ego.

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