discourser

He is described by Clarendon as "a man of grave aspect, of a presence that drew respect, and of great parts and ability, but passionate and supercilious and too voluminous a discourser in council."

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

How the members of any pleasant evening-company might astonish or amuse each other by narrating together the contradictory views the same voluble discourser has unfolded to them successively during the passage of one hour! so easily we bend and conform, and deny God and ourselves, to gratify the guest we converse with.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various

The men nearest Steve were all turned toward the discourser to Chloe, who sat on

The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

But truth to tell, Dominic Iglesias had not only grown very weary of discourse and discourser, but somewhat impatient also.

The Far Horizon Lucas Malet 1891

I suppose Miss Veronica is grown a reader and discourser.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

He was already dreaded for his prowess in argument, his dictatorial manners and vivid flashes of wit and humour, the more effective from the habitual gloom and apparent heaviness of the discourser.

Samuel Johnson Leslie, Stephen 1878

The _Table Talk_, edited by Mr. Nelson Coleridge, shows how pregnant, how pithy, how full of subtle observation, and often also of playful humour, could be the talk of the great discourser in its lighter and more colloquial forms.

English Men of Letters: Coleridge 1871

Seeing would have been enough, but for a certain number there was hearing too, with the report of it for all; and it is not surprising that fame of the marvellous discourser should, in mere virtue of his extraordinary power of improvised speech, his limitless and untiring mastery of articulate words, have risen to a height to which writers whose only voice is in their pens can never hope to attain.

English Men of Letters: Coleridge 1871

According to him the great discourser only "seemed to wander," and he seemed to wander the most

English Men of Letters: Coleridge 1871

He was already dreaded for his prowess in argument, his dictatorial manners and vivid flashes of wit and humour, the more effective from the habitual gloom and apparent heaviness of the discourser.

Samuel Johnson Leslie Stephen 1868