Definition of "raconteur" [‖Ra•con•teur]

• One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit. (noun)

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• "He had a terrific sense of humor and was a great "raconteur"--look it up!"
• "York was known as a raconteur who loved telling jokes, including to the stone-faced negotiators for the Soviet Union during the long sessions in Geneva."
• "Utah Phillips, a former NPR host who was blacklisted in the state of Utah after an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 1968 on the Peace and Freedom party ticket can be described as a raconteur extraordinaire, a radical historian well-versed in the sorrowful details of the bloodiest social justice struggles of the last century, a hobo, and one hell of a musician whose songs can break your heart and bring your blood to a boil."