conversationist

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To form a perfect conversationist, many qualifications are requisite.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

Macaulay, on all festive occasions, proved himself as elegant a conversationist as he was a writer; his tone was thoroughly English, and his pronunciation, like that of Washington Irving, was singularly correct.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Tibby, who was no conversationist, gave her every opportunity for meditation.

From Jill the Reckless by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

He was expert at fence, had some skill in drawing, and was a ready and eloquent conversationist and declaimer.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

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