| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| raconteur |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rac·on·teur |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r k  n-tûr |
| NOUN: | One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from raconter, to relate, from Old French : re-, re- + aconter, to count up, reckon; see account.
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