talker
Americannoun
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a person who speaks, especially one who speaks readily or too much.
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a person who speaks in a specified way (used in combination).
Example Sentences
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Johnson, 39, is the main songwriter and talker of the group, always ready with a thorough answer regarding any bit of Long Beach or Joyce Manor lore.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
For Welty, an enthusiastic talker and a frequent letter writer, a good chat and the daily mail went hand in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Our credulity would snap if Mescal’s Shakespeare was the slick talker that his early biographer John Aubrey described as “very good company, of a very redie and pleasant smoothe Witt.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
She was embraced as a salt-of-the-earth straight talker, applauded in many quarters for standing up for decent folk and for taking action to, as she would put it, fix a problem no-one else was tackling.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
My mother, who is champion talker, was, of course, shouting at the same time.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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