storyteller
Americannoun
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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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of storyteller
1700–10; story 1 + teller ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Storyteller Tom Muir talks about his interest in sea caves.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
The exact coordinates of this backwater are a bit hazy, but Storyteller 2 helpfully pinpoints the locale as “a place where being from somewhere is who you are.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
Thus, the National Gallery of Art exhibition “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice” requires visitors to fill in some blanks.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022
It’s a treat, therefore, to take the full measure of this painterly perfectionist in “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice,” at the National Gallery of Art here.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Storyteller and secretary and doer of odd jobs, neither Tizerkane nor delegate, just someone along for the dream.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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