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Raconteur

//ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.
"He was tempted to try the last door—to look into the room of evil fame; but he reflected that this would be indiscreet, since Colonel Capadose handled the brush—as a raconteur—with such freedom. There might be a ghost and there might not; but the Colonel himself, he inclined to think, was the most mystifying figure in the house."
2
a person skilled in telling anecdotes wordnet

Verb

1
To make witty remarks or stories.
"The two of them turn to each other and raise an eyebrow each, their signal to slip into alternating raconteuring."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French raconteur.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French raconteur.

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