conversationist

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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

Witty, learned, imaginative, she was conceded to be the best conversationist in any circle.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles

Before a few minutes had elapsed, I could fully comprehend her title to the renown of the most captivating conversationist of Paris.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various

He can even out-talk my former wife, the Colonel can, an' that esteemable lady packs the record as a conversationist in Laredo for five years before I leaves.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

But he was as charming, and a nice conversationist.

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