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raconteuse

raconteuse noun: a female storyteller.

Noun

raconteuse (plural raconteuses)

  1. A female storyteller.
    • There is a fascinating passage in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing where four Canadians on their way up a river in the wilderness come upon a heron someone preceding them has killed and strung from a tree. Having surveyed its disgusting remains, the raconteuse asks herself "Why had they strung it up...1978, William Peter Archibald, Social psychology as political economy, page 229
    • Tom's mother was a superb raconteuse with the enviable gift of painting a verbal canvas of enchanting colours, transporting her audience into a realm of her own making that invariably enhanced the core of the tale.2012, Tom Edwards, Tom

raconteuse meaning in Tamil

raconteuse in Tamil

பெண் கதைசொல்லி, துணுக்கி

Examples of raconteuse in a sentence

  • Having surveyed its disgusting remains, the raconteuse asks herself "Why had they strung it up like a lynch victim, why didn't they just throw it away like the trash?"1978, William Peter Archibald, Social psychology as political economy, page 229:
  • So, Shasta had reflected at once, Aunt Lily, by acclamation the family raconteuse, had certainly piqued her concern and puzzlement, if not exactly her surprise.2012, William Penn, Love in the Time of Flowers, →ISBN, page 51:

Forms of raconteuse

pluralraconteuses

Origin of raconteuse

Borrowed from French raconteuse.

Questions about raconteuse

What does raconteuse mean?
Raconteuse means a female storyteller.
What is raconteuse in Tamil?
Raconteuse in Tamil is பெண் கதைசொல்லி, துணுக்கி. See Raconteuse meaning in Tamil.
How do you use raconteuse in a sentence?
Having surveyed its disgusting remains, the raconteuse asks herself "Why had they strung it up like a lynch victim, why didn't they just throw it away like the trash?"
What part of speech is raconteuse?
Raconteuse is a noun.
What is the plural of raconteuse?
The plural of raconteuse is raconteuses.

Words near raconteuse in the dictionary

  1. raconteur
  2. raconteured
  3. raconteurial
  4. raconteuring
  5. raconteurs
  6. raconteuse
  7. raconteuses
  8. racoon
  9. racoons
  10. racotumomab
  11. Racouchot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: raconteuse (page history and authors); raconteuse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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