raisonneur1
/ˌreɪzɒˈnəː/noun
1A thinker; a person who thinks or reasons.
2A character in a play or other work who expresses the author's message, point of view, or philosophy.
Origin
Early 19th century. From French raisonneur person who annoys by reasoning, person who reasons, character in comedy who expresses the author's message from raisonner + -eur.
raisonneur2
/ˌreɪzɒˈnəː/nonce-wd.
verb
[no object] To act as a raisonneur.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), writer. From raisonneur.
- not-being
- (not) be myself
- not be oneself
- (not) be ourselves
- not be someone's first rodeo (or not be someone's first time at the rodeo)
- not best pleased
- (not) be themselves
- not be worth a damn
- (not) be yourself
- not blink an eye
- not breathe a word
- not but what
- not by a long chalk
- (not) by a long shot
- not care (or give) a hang
- not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots)
- not care (or give) a straw (or two straws)
- notch
- notch baby
- notchback
- notch bar test
- notch-brittle
- notch brittleness
- notch-eared bat
- notched-bar test