Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One given to or skilled at conversation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A talker; especially, an agreeable and interesting talker; a converser; one who excels in conversation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A conversationist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who participates in a
conversation . - noun A person skilled in conversation, especially one who is not expert on the topic of conversation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone skilled at conversation
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Examples
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What you want in a conversationalist is as much character as authority.
Why I Blog 2008
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What you want in a conversationalist is as much character as authority.
Why I Blog 2008
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And we saw Shaftesbury earlier argue that my function as conversationalist is affected by the quality of recognition my efforts receive.
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But it is enthusiasm itself that she identifies as a conversationalist's greatest asset -- and not just zeal for the sound of your own voice.
Salon 2009
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He's also probably a great conversationalist, which is the only reason I chose him over Neil Young, who would probably stand there looking furiously at his shoes for 25 minutes.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Click Track 2011
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I do not remember of a more fluent "conversationalist" in my life.
"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins
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Sure, mannequins aren't all that talkative, but isn't that the best kind of conversationalist, somebody -- or something -- who'll just listen?
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In fact, his flexibility, as a key "conversationalist" for HHS, reflects the very point I tried to underscore in the story.
cgm 2009
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Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, bestselling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, King was named by John Hay the best and brightest of his generation.
Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009
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Friend to Secretary of State John Hay and eminent historian Henry Adams, King was a brilliant conversationalist and spellbinding storyteller, a visionary geologist who did more than anyone to map the American West, and a man who seemed to embody the American ideals of powerful intelligence wedded to manly vigor and adventurous spirit.
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