discourser

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He is described by Clarendon as "a man of grave aspect, of a presence that drew respect, and of great parts and ability, but passionate and supercilious and too voluminous a discourser in council."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

I suppose Miss Veronica is grown a reader and discourser.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

He left on my mind the impression of his being the best discourser on imaginative topics, and the most dangerous person to be entrusted with practical ones, I had ever met with. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

And, perhaps, a long discourse is none the more acceptable when it is palpable to the hearers that the discourser has committed it to memory, and is bound to go on to the bitter end.

From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by Adams, William Davenport

He was a very pleasant discourser, in earnest and in jest, and, therefore, very grateful to all kind of company, where he was not the less esteemed for being very rich.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel