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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He was a sharp-witted storyteller, once described by San Francisco columnist Herb Caen as the Bob Hope of the Chinese community, but he never said a word about the investigation to his children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Ms. Dunn, a business reporter and editor based in London, is a gifted storyteller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
For many Ugandans, he was known not as the heir to the throne, but as a storyteller, as a long-serving anchor and editor at the state broadcaster.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
According to Nozell, the singer — who rose from humble beginnings in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains into an internationally beloved rhinestones-studded star, evocative storyteller and thoughtful philanthropist — would not have wanted a traditional memorial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
“I don’t go to the baker for soap. And I don’t go to the storyteller for cures.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
We need storytellers willing to make that bet again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He said the awards were "an opportunity to inspire the next generation of Welsh storytellers".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
They are cooks, yes, but also historians, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, travelers, designers and storytellers.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
She called her “one of the greatest storytellers of our time, of any time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
But when they told of the coming of love and light the early storytellers were setting the scene for the appearance of mankind, and they began to personify more precisely.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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