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raconteur

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rac=on=teur

CIDE DICTIONARY

raconteurn. [F.].
     A relater; a storyteller.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

raconteur, n. (fem. raconteuse) a teller of anecdotes.

Etymology
F f. raconter relate, RECOUNT

THESAURUS

raconteur

anecdotalist, anecdotist, fableist, fabler, fabulist, fictionist, mythmaker, mythopoet, narrator, novelettist, novelist, reciter, recounter, relator, romancer, romancist, sagaman, short-story writer, spinner of yarns, storier, storyteller, taleteller, teller of tales, word painter, yarn spinner

ROGET THESAURUS

raconteur

Description

N description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.


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