conversationist

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Macaulay, on all festive occasions, proved himself as elegant a conversationist as he was a writer; his tone was thoroughly English, and his pronunciation, like that of Washington Irving, was singularly correct.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

When the delightful conversationist wrote, the deception ceased.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

As a conversationist, our visitor was fluent to a fault.

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

As woman, novelist, philosopher, litterateur, and conversationist, she has marked, if not equal, claims upon our attention.

From The Women of the French Salons by Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere