anecdotist

 [an-ik-doh-tist]  

an·ec·dot·ist

   [an-ik-doh-tist]
noun
a collector or teller of anecdotes.
Also, an·ec·do·tal·ist  [an-ik-doh-tl-ist] .

Origin:
1830–40; anecdote + -ist
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anecdote (ˈænɪkˌdəʊt)
 
—n
a short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin anecdota unpublished items, from Greek anekdotos unpublished, from an- + ekdotos published, from ekdidonai, from ek- out + didonai to give]
 
anec'dotic
 
—adj
 
anec'dotalist
 
—n
 
'anecdotist
 
—n

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