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ANECDOTIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person skilled in telling anecdotes

Synonyms:

anecdotist; raconteur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anecdotist" is a kind of...):

narrator; storyteller; teller (someone who tells a story)

Instance hyponyms:

Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchausen; Munchhausen (German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797))

Derivation:

anecdote (short account of an incident (especially a biographical one))

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