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Merriam - Webster Word of the day * raconteur *
[size=31]noun[/size]
ra·con·teur ˌra-ˌkän-ˈtər
-kən-
: a person who excels in telling anecdotes
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Raconteur Has Old French Roots
If you’re a sage of sagas, a bard of ballads, or a pro in prose, you may have lost count of the accounts you’ve recounted. Some might call you a recounter, but as a master of narrative form you may find that recounter lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. Sure, it has a cool story—it traces back to the Latin verb computere, meaning “to count”—but so do many words: compute and computer, count and account, and neither last nor least, raconteur, a singsong title better fit for a whimsical storyteller. English speakers borrowed raconteur from French in the early 19th century.
Examples of raconteur in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNone of this is secret, but it’s not been publicised because being a litigious art collective equally as dedicated to producing art as engaging in brand maintenance doesn’t evoke the solo, clandestine, provocative raconteur image Banksy is going for.[size=18][size=0]—Tyson Mitman, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023[/size]Gregory Gregory is a man of many titles: a grandfather, a Jersey Shore restaurateur and raconteur, a 71-year-old with the same first and last name.[size=0]—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023[/size]Mark was brilliant, funny, a raconteur with a million stories.[size=0]—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023[/size][/size]
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from raconter to tell, from Old French, from re- + aconter, acompter to tell, count — more at ACCOUNT
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of raconteur was in 1828
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