单词 | raconteur |
释义 | raconteurn. The narrator of an anecdote or story, esp. a person particularly skilled in this role. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun] > writer or teller of anecdotes storyteller1683 anecdotist?1760 raconteur1831 raconteuse1840 anecdotalist1868 personalist1876 anecdotard1880 magsman1924 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke I. i. xii. 97 Stamped the illustrious narrator as the most consummate raconteur. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iv. 183 Scott..the very best raconteur of his time. 1871 J. C. Young Mem. C. M. Young I. v. 169 Sir Charles is a handsome, thoroughbred gentleman, and a capital raconteur. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Apr. 5/7 He was a good raconteur. No one knew more good stories or could tell them so well. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 575 A gifted man, Mr Bloom said of Mr Dedalus senior, in more respects than one and a born raconteur if ever there was one. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive xv. 296 The inevitable anecdote of a famous raconteur to round off the letter. 1972 J. Mosedale Football iii. 35 (caption) Jimmy Conzelman functioned as quarterback, coach, raconteur, songwriter..and promoter. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) xi. 218 Surely all these would constitute a raconteur's dream of endless episodes and reminiscence? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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