discourser

dis·course

 (dĭs′kôrs′)

n.

1. Verbal expression in speech or writing: political discourse.

2. Verbal exchange or conversation: listened to their discourse on foreign policy.

3. A formal, lengthy treatment of a subject, either written or spoken.

4. Archaic The process or power of reasoning.

v. (dĭ-skôrs′) dis·coursed, dis·cours·ing, dis·cours·es

v.intr.

1. To speak or write formally and at length. See Synonyms at speak.

2. To engage in conversation or discussion; converse: "The two men walked around the city and discoursed on its antiquities" (Michael Wood).

v.tr. Archaic

To narrate or discuss.

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[Middle English discours, process of reasoning, from Medieval Latin discursus, from Latin, a running about, from past participle of discurrere, to run about : dis-, apart; see dis- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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dis·cours′er n.

Thesaurus

discourser

noun

One given to conversation:

confabulator, conversationalist, conversationist, talker.