conversationist

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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

He was expert at fence, had some skill in drawing, and was a ready and eloquent conversationist and declaimer.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

He was a skilful draughtsman, a clever mimic and ventriloquist, an excellent raconteur, an accomplished conversationist, ever fascinating in the select social circle, and always "tender and wise" in that of home.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

The ornate and well-rounded periods of the conversationist are not more in request, nowadays, than were the high-sounding sentiments of Joseph Surface to Sir Peter Teazle, when experience had shown him their emptiness.

From Modern Society by Howe, Julia Ward

As a conversationist, Sidney Smith stood high among the highest—a Saul among a tribe of Titans.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by