Definition of "storyteller" [storyteller]

• One who tells or writes stories. (noun)
• One who relates anecdotes. (noun)
• Informal One who tells lies. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A sad story means, this storyteller is alive (p. 9)."
• "Acting, writing and game design share this trait in common -- the stories they each tell become more sincere when the storyteller is a conduit, not a puppet master."
• "I learned on the reservation that the ancient, sacred charge of the storyteller is to beguile the time."