storyteller
[stawr-ee-tel-er, stohr-]
- a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
- a person who tells more or less trivial falsehoods; fibber.
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Origin of storyteller
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Examples from the Web for storyteller
Contemporary Examples
Do you draw much of a distinction between Cosby as a performance artist, a storyteller, and a stand-up comic?
Disprized landscapes tell stories, and Downes is, in his heart, a storyteller.
As a storyteller he would also know that you can't stop the tale there.
As any Tales fan will know, Maupin is quite the storyteller.
Storyteller in the bazaar; what a compelling phrase, what a compelling image.
Historical Examples
The children once tried Anne Chitt as a storyteller, but she was a failure.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
Is it the story he would not understand, or the storyteller?
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
The storyteller also had another version of the beginning of things.
North DakotaVarious
Our third requirement was, it may be remembered, the gift of the storyteller.
Obiter DictaAugustine Birrell
These are questions, often asked of the storyteller, by little folks.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young FolksWilliam Elliot Griffis
storyteller
- a person who tells stories
- informal a liar
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