Definition of raconteuse in English:
raconteuse
noun ˌrakɒnˈtəːzˌräkänˈto͝oz
A female raconteur.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her one-act is filled with lingering descriptions of physical contact between lovers, related by a mysterious raconteuse in the corner table of a Brussels café.
- If it's any consolation, I suspect that my sister, who is a better dancer than raconteuse, would say it also fails as a dance piece.
- There's nothing like your assembled audience saying, ‘that's not funny, that's horrible’ to take the wind out of a raconteuse's sails.
- Part raconteuse, part avant-garde musician, and part social commentator, she provides nourishment to a diverse audience with equal measures of irony and tenderness.
- A chanteuse, raconteuse and all-round adulte terrible, ultra-sophisticated rebel Kay Thompson was born plain old Kitty Fink in St Louis.
- The collection features time-traveller, raconteuse and occasional the nightclub singer.
Origin
Mid 19th century: French, feminine of raconteur (see raconteur).