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    ANECDOTIST

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person skilled in telling anecdotesplay

    Synonyms:

    anecdotist; raconteur

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("anecdotist" is a kind of...):

    narrator; storyteller; teller (someone who tells a story)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchausen; Munchhausen (German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797))

    Derivation:

    anecdote (short account of an incident (especially a biographical one))

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