discourser

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DAW: There's Aristotle, a mere common-place fellow; Plato, a discourser; Thucydides and Livy, tedious and dry; Tacitus, an entire knot: sometimes worth the untying, very seldom.

From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben

He was indeed the principal interlocutor and discourser at the discussions, which were on all subjects, religions, literary, and philosophical.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

He was a clever and conversable man, well lettered, a great discourser, and full of a diversity of experience....

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

He was a very pleasant discourser, in earnest and in jest, and, therefore, very grateful to all kind of company, where he was not the less esteemed for being very rich.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

“What do you think of Dr. Channing, Mr. Coleridge?” said a brisk young gentleman to the mighty discourser, as he sat next him at a small tea-party.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John