Words similar to raconteur

Example sentences for: raconteur

How can you use “raconteur” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

McCourt is the pixie-faced, white-haired, thick-brogued raconteur who wrote Angela's Ashes , a Bildungsroman explaining how the bitterly poor son of an embittered drunk from Limerick, Ireland, became the kind of man who could write a witty, heartbreaking memoir about being the bitterly poor son of an embittered drunk, etc.
ARTHUR: But after Godard's riposte to the raconteur, no rapprochement is possible between --
Her fiancé, François, a petit bourgeois in behavior, though considering himself the crème de la créme, is aide-de-camp to a general and has the rank of lieutenant, fancies himself as a raconteur and littérateur (having published a pastiche of vers libres and a catalogue raisonné of the works of Oliver North, which was hailed as a chef d'oeuvre), though his ambition is to be a Grand Prix driver.
However, one must remember that The New York Times is read in New York, which has a sizable jewish population, and these three examples are probably known and used by most New Yorkers (even gentiles, such as the late authour and raconteur Alexander King, one of my all-time favorites and a regular on the old Jack Paar Show, who used them regularly in speech as well as in writing).