anecdotalistn.
/ˌanᵻkˈdəʊtl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌænəkˈdoʊdl̩əst/ A person given to or skilled in telling anecdotes.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun] > writer or teller of anecdotes
storyteller1683
anecdotist?1760
raconteur1831
raconteuse1840
anecdotalist1868
personalist1876
anecdotard1880
magsman1924
1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Mar. 10/2 The sanctity of his character as an inspired anecdotalist is tainted the moment it becomes public that he has prepared the machinery for his delightful displays of apt illustrations and impromptu reminders.
1911 Daily News 25 Aug. 7/1 Maupassant as well as Mr. Kipling was included by Mr. Moore among the anecdotalists.
1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 14 The great anecdotalists like David Niven..never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1868- of great little weight
- of great mark
- of great moment
- of great mund
- of great name
- of great pith and moment
- of great promise
- of great quarrel
- of great remark
- of great renown
- of great resort
- of great substance
- of great valor
- of great valour
- of great valure
- of great weight
- of great worship
- of great worth
- of great, deep, etc, reach
- of growth
- of half blood
- of half-blood
- of halfblood
- of hand
- of hands