conversationist

Example Sentences

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But he was as charming, and a nice conversationist.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

To form a perfect conversationist, many qualifications are requisite.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

On the other hand, Dr. Fitzedward Hall says: "As for conversationist and conversationalist, agriculturist and agriculturalist, as all are alike legitimate formations, it is for convention to decide which we are to prefer."

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

To be a perfect conversationist, a good voice is indispensable—a voice that is clear, distinct, and silver-toned.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

He was one of the most, perhaps the most agreeable conversationist of his age.

From Benjamin Franklin by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)