raconteuse
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of raconteuse
1860–65; < French, feminine of raconteur raconteur; see -euse
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If she had a vocation, it was raconteuse: the guest on the late-night TV couch who spouted pithy wit, almost always about her very public private life.
From Time • Dec. 18, 2016
This spring, Debbie Harry sang at the Café Carlyle, proving herself to be an entertaining chanteuse and raconteuse.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2016
Queen Fricka, somewhat forgetful of the proprieties, spat a jet of saliva which, soaring through the group around the noisy raconteuse, settled on the shoulder of a Valkyr.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geraldine Farrar was making her debut as raconteuse for the Metropolitan broadcasts.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least Mrs. Pennybet, a vivacious raconteuse, always declared to me that such was his reply.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
