discourser

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He is described by Clarendon as "a man of grave aspect, of a presence that drew respect, and of great parts and ability, but passionate and supercilious and too voluminous a discourser in council."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

I suppose Miss Veronica is grown a reader and discourser.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

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 already dreaded for his prowess in argument, his dictatorial manners and vivid flashes of wit and humour, the more effective from the habitual gloom and apparent heaviness of the discourser.

From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir