raconteur

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“He’s a great raconteur and so the rest of the world just vanished,” Seymour told Times columnist Lynell George in 1997.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Ever the raconteur, Madonna balked: “I don’t know, how much longer can you go on doing what you’re doing? Don’t limit me.”

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

It is something he observed in his wife’s grandfather, a lifelong reader and raconteur who retained his gentle voice and erudite air long after the stories in him were lost to Alzheimer’s disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Only Hackman could shift like that, from raconteur to angel of death.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

Gregarious by nature, Hall proved to be a skillful raconteur with a caustic Kiwi wit.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer