raconteur
pronunciation
How to pronounce raconteur in British English:
UK [ˌrækɒnˈtɜ:(r)]
How to pronounce raconteur in American English:
US [ˌrækɑnˈtɜ(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person skilled in telling anecdotes
Word Origin
- raconteur (n.)
- "storyteller, person skilled in relating anecdotes," 1828, from French raconteur, from raconter "to recount, tell, narrate," from re- (see re-) + Old French aconter "to count, render account" (see account (v.); and compare recount (v.1)). Related: Raconteuse (fem.).
Example
- 1. I 'm sure you 're quite the raconteur .
- 2. He is a natural raconteur , good-looking , athletic , intellectually curious , financially successful , and wittily self-deprecating .
- 3. Quentin crisp , the eccentric writer , performer and raconteur best-known for his autobiography " the naked civil servant , " died in manchester , england , at age 90 .
- 4. When the rabbit scoots away from the fox , or john runs from the lord , the narrator slaps his hands sharply together , with the left sliding off the right palm in a forward direction -- a manual trademark of the negro raconteur .
- 5. There I was in my ideal habitat -- a natural exaggerator surrounded by natural exaggerators -- and yet , to my surprise , I found myself drawn to dave , the one student in my program who didn 't seem eager to impress everyone with his raconteur skills .