colloquialistn.
/kəˈləʊkwɪəlɪst/ 1. One who excels in conversation; a (good) talker.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > one who converses > conversationalist
talkerc1386
converser1594
conversationist1806
colloquialist1824
conversationalist1836
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 609 As a colloquialist..Johnson has scarcely a rival.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 205 That their interviews were employed in the prosy manner suggested by the lovely colloquialist.
2. One who uses colloquialisms.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > colloquial language > one who uses
colloquialist1821
demoticist1901
1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 553 All this, as the colloquialists say, is very well for a joke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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