raconteur

Jeremy Howe, who edits The Archers, called Greene "utterly singular, a fabulous and raucously funny raconteur" in a statement, calling her depiction of Jill "formidable, but also wonderfully warm, loving and enormous fun".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Stuart had to paint humility and self-effacement when his favorite clientele laughed at his jokes, drank with him and enjoyed his raconteur flirtations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Mr. Man is knowledgeable and well-traveled, but as a historian he is more of a raconteur than a scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

“I became a chutney cosmopolite,” he wrote, “and a raconteur of relish recipes.”

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

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

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

All seem to use the word differently than in its usual application to novelists, playwrights and raconteurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Barry Humphries was described as one of the greatest raconteurs and stand-up comedians of his age.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023

My dad was a sailor and one of the great raconteurs of all time.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2020

Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums and who frequently collaborated with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, died April 7 at a hospital in Los Angeles.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019

There are, to be sure, stand-up comedians, shaggy- dog raconteurs, consummate essayists, and authors of mystery novels who can build up curiosity and suspense and then resolve it all with a sudden revelation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker