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conversationist

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A talker; a converser; a conversationalist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who converses much, or who excels in conversation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun someone skilled in the art of conversations.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone skilled at conversation

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Examples

  • Richard Sharpe, the "conversationist" as he was called in London, kept a regular book of entry, in which he recorded where and before whom he had uttered severally his choice sayings.

    The Laws of Etiquette Unknown

  • It will have been perceived that Miss Fotheringay, though silent in general, and by no means brilliant as a conversationist, where poetry, literature, or the fine arts were concerned, could talk freely, and with good sense, too, in her own family circle.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • I find it very hard to keep focus however the guy last night was a self conversationist.

    miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004

  • He's a conversationist who saw this devastation for himself in Indonesia.

    CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2004 2004

  • Not only was I tired, but listening to the same pedantic metaphysical reasoning for the second time from my friend, normally a lively conversationist, bored me out of my skull.

    An East Wind Coming Cover, Arthur Byron 1979

  • Nora was a woman to laugh and chat with; Nora was kind and gracious, and gentle too; Nora was amiable as well as witty; charming in manner, piquant in expression, inimitable at an anecdote, with never-failing resources, a first-rate lady-conversationist, if I may use so formidable a word -- in fact, a thoroughly fascinating woman; but Marion!

    The Lady of the Ice A Novel James De Mille

  • As an author, therefore, he is sententious; as a conversationist, loose and verbose; -- or the reverse of this may be true.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

  • Macaulay, on all festive occasions, proved himself as elegant a conversationist as he was a writer; his tone was thoroughly

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • He is a cautious conversationist, as might be expected of one who has so deeply delved into the most cautious of all professions, but in the mind of the thoughtful reader this should add to the value of his utterances, which, as expressed in the following columns, were carefully revised by him before going into type.

    The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Various

  • A good shrugger in Italy is admired, just as a good conversationist is in England, or a good stump orator in America.

    The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX James De Mille

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