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ANECDOTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person skilled in telling anecdotes
Synonyms:
anecdotist; raconteur
Classified under:
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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