storyteller
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sto·ry·tell·er
(stôr′ē-tĕl′ər)n.
1.
a. One who tells or writes stories.
b. One who relates anecdotes.
2. Informal One who tells lies.
sto′ry·tell′ing n.
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storyteller
(ˈstɔːrɪˌtɛlə)n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who tells stories
2. informal a liar
ˈstoryˌtelling n, adj
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sto•ry•tell•er
(ˈstɔr iˌtɛl ər, ˈstoʊr-)n.
1. a person who tells or writes stories.
2. a person who tells trivial falsehoods; fibber.
[1700–10]
sto′ry•tell`ing, n.
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Noun | 1. | storyteller - someone who tells a story anecdotist, raconteur - a person skilled in telling anecdotes fabulist - a person who tells or invents fables griot - a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" |
2. | storyteller - someone who tells lies liar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly |
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storyteller
noun raconteur, author, narrator, romancer, novelist, chronicler, bard, fabulist, spinner of yarns, anecdotist Celtic storytellers
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storyteller
nounInformal. One who tells lies:
Law: perjurer.
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storyteller
[ˈstɔːrɪˌtɛləʳ] nb. (fam) (liar) → bugiardo/a
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