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Anecdotist

noun
1.
A person skilled in telling anecdotes.  Synonym: raconteur.






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"Anecdotist" Quotes from Famous Books



... towards the wounded after the battle,—"Wolfe, shoot me that Highland scoundrel who thus dares to look on us with such contempt and insolence." "My commission is at your Royal Highness's disposal, but I never can consent to become an executioner." The anecdotist adds that from that day Wolfe declined in the favour and confidence of the Commander-in-Chief. But it happens that Wolfe did nothing of the kind. On the other hand, Mr. Wright does not doubt, nor is there any ground for doubting, the identity of the Major Wolfe who, under orders, relieves ...
— Lectures and Essays • Goldwin Smith



Words linked to "Anecdotist" :   raconteur, teller, narrator, Baron Munchausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, anecdote, Munchausen, Munchhausen, storyteller



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