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conversationalist - definition and meaning
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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noun conversation .noun
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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What you want in a conversationalist is as much character as authority.
Why I Blog 2008
What you want in a conversationalist is as much character as authority.
Why I Blog 2008
And we saw Shaftesbury earlier argue that my function as conversationalist is affected by the quality of recognition my efforts receive.
Post-Secular Conviviality 2008
But it is enthusiasm itself that she identifies as a conversationalist 's greatest asset -- and not just zeal for the sound of your own voice.
Salon 2009
He's also probably a great conversationalist , which is the only reason I chose him over Neil Young, who would probably stand there looking furiously at his shoes for 25 minutes.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Click Track 2011
I do not remember of a more fluent "conversationalist " in my life.
"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins
Sure, mannequins aren't all that talkative, but isn't that the best kind of conversationalist , somebody -- or something -- who'll just listen?
Projo.com Projo Local News 2010
In fact, his flexibility, as a key "conversationalist " for HHS, reflects the very point I tried to underscore in the story.
cgm 2009
Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist , bestselling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, King was named by John Hay the best and brightest of his generation.
Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009
Friend to Secretary of State John Hay and eminent historian Henry Adams, King was a brilliant conversationalist and spellbinding storyteller, a visionary geologist who did more than anyone to map the American West, and a man who seemed to embody the American ideals of powerful intelligence wedded to manly vigor and adventurous spirit.
Passing Strange by Martha A Sandweiss: Questions 2009
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