raconteur

Noun
US[rak-on-toor]/ˌrækɑnˈtur/3 syllables
Synonyms: anecdotist

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a person skilled in telling anecdotesSynonyms: anecdotistType of narrator, storytellerExamples Munchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ra′con′teur′ (rȧ′kôN′tẽr′), noun

Origin: F.

A relater; a storyteller.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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