Synonyms for raconteur

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rak-uh n-tur; French ra-kawn-tœr

Phonetic Transcription : ˌræk ənˈtɜr; French ra kɔ̃ˈtœr

Définition of raconteur

Origin : "storyteller, person skilled in relating anecdotes," 1828, from French raconteur, from raconter "to recount, tell, narrate," from re- (see re-) + Old French aconter "to count, render account" (see account (v.); and cf. recount (v.1)). Related: Raconteuse (fem.).

noun anecdote teller

Example sentences :

The raconteur allowed an interval for the astonishing news to be absorbed.
Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

His frankness was not the least of his charms as a raconteur.
Extract from : « Young Blood » by E. W. Hornung

He was an amusing companion, however, and noted as a raconteur.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894 » by Various

After all, the main end of a raconteur must be to give pleasure.
Extract from : « His Majesty Baby and Some Common People » by Ian MacLaren

There is a print of Sir George Simpson behind one raconteur's head.
Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut

But Harriet Martineau was never the raconteur, she was first the educator.
Extract from : « Woman's Work in English Fiction » by Clara Helen Whitmore

Neither to the traveller nor the raconteur is Yreka a place to linger in.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 » by Various

I won, during the campaign, quite a reputation for a raconteur.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs

As a raconteur he is unsurpassed, and in consequence most amusing company.
Extract from : « Forty Years of 'Spy' » by Leslie Ward

Here was adventure with no raconteur's glamour, no bookish gloss.
Extract from : « Overland Red » by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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