Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A story-teller; a narrator of exploits or adventures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
reciter ofgests orlegendary tales .
Etymologies
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See gest a deed.
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Examples
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The spun-out, dreary poems which now make such difficult reading are infinitely more entertaining when read aloud: the voice gives life and character to a humdrum narrative, and the gestour would know how to make the best of incidents which he knew from experience to be specially interesting to an audience.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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