Definition of raconteur

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rac·on·teur    (rkn-tûr) KEY  

NOUN:

One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from raconter, to relate, from Old French : re-, re- + aconter, to count up, reckon ; see account

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