conversationist

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Nevertheless, by his conversation, the influence of the conversationist upon mankind in general, is more decided than that of the talker by his talk:—the latter invariably talks to best purpose with his pen.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

On the other hand, Dr. Fitzedward Hall says: "As for conversationist and conversationalist, agriculturist and agriculturalist, as all are alike legitimate formations, it is for convention to decide which we are to prefer."

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

But he was as charming, and a nice conversationist.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

H——, "the Judge,"—cool-headed, warm-hearted, compassionate, irascible, liberal, witty, easy speaker and fine conversationist, with an inexhaustible fund of sense, anecdote, candor, and good heart.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various

As woman, novelist, philosopher, litterateur, and conversationist, she has marked, if not equal, claims upon our attention.

From The Women of the French Salons by Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere