storyteller

[stawr-ee-tel-er, stohr-]

noun

1. a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.

2. a person who tells more or less trivial falsehoods; fibber.

storyteller

/ ˈstɔːrɪˌtɛlə /

noun

1. a person who tells stories

2. informal,  a liar

Other Word Forms

• storytelling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of storyteller¹

1700–10; story ¹ + teller ( def. )

Example Sentences

In several interviews released before “Pluribus” debuted, Gilligan repeats an insistence common to storytellers whose work happens to meet the prevailing sentiments of a specific moment.

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“She’s a storyteller in her heart,” Zhao, 43, says, speaking separately over Zoom from Los Angeles.

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“She’s about savoring the essence of the frame, the lens, specifically the light. She sees things in a humanistic way. She’s a storyteller, not a technician.”

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She leaned forward, as a good storyteller does when the most exciting part is about to be told.

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Relating his journey to becoming a visual storyteller, Thomas recalled growing up in “one of the worst slums of Philadelphia,” sitting on his front stoop reading Shakespeare, James Baldwin and Tennessee Williams, immersed and transported.

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