storyteller
Americannoun
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storytellers
plural
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a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
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a person who tells more or less trivial falsehoods; fibber.
noun
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a person who tells stories
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informal a liar
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Etymology
Origin of storyteller
1700–10; story 1 + teller ( def. )
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Mr. Wash interviews the artist and storyteller Mel Depaz about her Compton murals and open-air practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“We do know that he’s an incredibly gifted storyteller and this is an incredible book,” Gerald said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"While known to many as a genius songwriter and storyteller, for us, he was threefold that, in his generosity, a true advocate for our work and a giant in the fight against homelessness," it continued.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He is a storyteller, choosing only the useful parts of the story.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Now, their own storyteller had shown that they were no mere bunch of tramps.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
He said the awards were "an opportunity to inspire the next generation of Welsh storytellers".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
She called her “one of the greatest storytellers of our time, of any time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Motivating a new generation of animators and storytellers also fuels Buermann.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The two had a deep and enduring friendship, as both were storytellers and bullshitters with a shared interest in overseas military adventurism.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
If the other storytellers had been reassuring one another with science, then my mother would have flown stories as factual as bats into the listening night.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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