Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woman who has the gift of telling stories well.

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Examples

  • But she's also caustic, depraved, utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs you with her fork.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • But she's also caustic, depraved, utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs you with her fork.

    Women Among Us: Terry Galloway 2009

  • And since when did accountability become an issue for a homespun raconteuse?

    Two Gentle People | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2007

  • The second Judy went straight from Andy Hardy's barn to premature middle age, and emerged as the most dynamic stage presence since Al Jolson: a ballad singer whose taste in songs was second only to Sinatra's, a great comedienne, and a rueful raconteuse.

    The Least Worst Man 2005

  • The second Judy went straight from Andy Hardy's barn to premature middle age, and emerged as the most dynamic stage presence since Al Jolson: a ballad singer whose taste in songs was second only to Sinatra's, a great comedienne, and a rueful raconteuse.

    The Least Worst Man 2005

  • The second Judy went straight from Andy Hardy's barn to premature middle age, and emerged as the most dynamic stage presence since Al Jolson: a ballad singer whose taste in songs was second only to Sinatra's, a great comedienne, and a rueful raconteuse.

    The Least Worst Man 2005

  • And Cocktail Cokie, that Potomac River of DC gossip, was just being a mischievous raconteuse when she talked about the smart, effective politics of censure for Democrats.

    Firedoglake » Looks Like Someone Has a Rash 2006

  • They rejoiced, for she was a brave raconteuse, but many were the keys turned in sideboard locks that night against the possible defection of little

    This Side of Paradise 2003

  • At 61, Brigid the brilliant raconteuse (see The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again) has lost none of her ranting piquancy – especially when her late mother is the topic.

    Mommy, Andy and Me 2001

  • She is unexperimental and unpretentious, a born storyteller, but serious: not just a raconteuse.

    Ghosts Annan, Gabriele 1999

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  • They rejoiced, for she was a brave raconteuse...

    - Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

    April 4, 2008

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    April 4, 2008

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    April 4, 2008

  • This is a great word.

    April 5, 2008

  • I'm surprised how popular it is.

    April 5, 2008