anecdotist

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an·ec·dot·ist

(ăn′ĭk-dō′tĭst)

One who tells, collects, or publishes anecdotes.

an•ec•dot•ist

(ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊ tɪst)

also an•ec•do•tal•ist

(ˌæn ɪkˈdoʊ tl ɪst)

n.

a collector or teller of anecdotes.

[1830–40]

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Noun

anecdotist - a person skilled in telling anecdotes

raconteur

narrator, storyteller, teller - someone who tells a story

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If he could have dictated all the conditions, he would have chosen the evenings when Newland was out; not because the young man was uncongenial to him (the two got on capitally at their club) but because the old anecdotist sometimes felt, on Newland's part, a tendency to weigh his evidence that the ladies of the family never showed.

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