a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes, esp. in an urbane or sophisticated manner
Origin of raconteur
French from raconter, to recount
The family enjoys listening to Grandpa talk about his life because he is an exceptional raconteur.
The definition of a raconteur is a person who tells stories or anecdotes in an amusing and clever way.
A person who can make a story about his day absolutely hilarious is an example of a raconteur.
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raconteur
noun
One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.
Origin of raconteur
French from raconter to relate from Old French re- re- aconter to count up, reckon ; see account .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural raconteurs)
- A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present raconteurs, present participle raconteuring, simple past and past participle raconteured)
- To make witty remarks or stories.
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Sentence Examples
- Zaphod Beeblebrox - rover, rake, raconteur, and genial man-about-the universe, and currently the President of the Galaxy.
- "The vicomte is a wonderful raconteur," said she to another.
- He had the reputation of being an excellent raconteur, and Quintilian (x.
- He had been introduced to Richelieu in 1623, and by his humour and his talent as a raconteur soon made himself indispensable to the cardinal.
Words near raconteur in the dictionary
- raconteur
- raconteured
- raconteurial
- raconteuring