conversationist

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And therefore —excuse the digression, Raja Vikram —he married an old maid, tall, thin, yellow, strictly proper, cold-mannered, a conversationist, and who prided herself upon spirituality.

From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Burton, Isabel, Lady

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

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

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

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