Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A relater of stories; a story-teller; a historian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A relater of stories; an historian.

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  • noun obsolete A teller of stories; a historian.

Etymologies

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story +‎ -er

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Examples

  • I wouldn't even begin to think of myself as a "re-storier" in that sense.

    An Emissary of the Between-World 2001

  • Do you see yourself as a "re-storier" for the Ojibwe — a reclaimer of narratives that were never written down or were drowned out by what was taught in school about Native Americans?

    An Emissary of the Between-World 2001

  • "Oh! so is every story, according to the storier."

    Vivian Grey Benjamin Disraeli 1842

  • They listened to the tales of the Arabian storier, at once enchanted and enchanting, or melted to the strain of the Persian poet, as he painted the moon-lit forehead of his heroine, and the wasting and shadowy form of his love-sick hero; they beheld with amazement the feats of the juggler of the Ganges, or giggled at the practised wit and the practical buffoonery of the Syrian mime.

    Chapter 8 - Part VIII 1822

  • Long through the night the sounds of music and the shouts of laughter were heard on the banks of that starry river; long through the night you might have listened with enchantment to the wild tales of the storier, or gazed with fascination on the wilder gestures of the dancing girls. 20

    Chapter 1 - Part V 1822

  • The narrow winding streets, crowded with a population breathing the now sufferable air, the illuminated coffee-houses, the groups of gay yet sober revellers, the music, and the dancing, and the animated recitals of the poet and the storier, all combine to invest the starry hours with a beguiling and even fascinating character of enjoyment and adventure.

    Chapter 3 - Part IX 1822

  • Long through the night the sounds of music and the shouts of laughter were heard on the banks of that starry river; long through the night you might have listened with enchantment to the wild tales of the storier, or gazed with fascination on the wilder gestures of the dancing girls. [

    Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Benjamin Disraeli 1842

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  • A relater of stories; an historian.

    November 4, 2007