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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Origin of storyteller
1700–10; story 1 + teller ( def. )
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The author is a first-rate storyteller, and here he delivers something we don’t get much of these days: fun—a modern Horatio Alger story unattached to the politics of outrage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
His last book, Adam and Eve, is set to be released this month, HarperCollins added, describing him as a "master storyteller" whose readers "meant everything to him".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Ms. Dunn, a business reporter and editor based in London, is a gifted storyteller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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’re not marketers by trade, we just tried to be storytellers of our own so we kind of learned as we went,” said Driver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He said the awards were "an opportunity to inspire the next generation of Welsh storytellers".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yet, storytellers have to protect the core of their characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
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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