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storyteller - 3 dictionary results

sto⋅ry⋅tell⋅er

[stawr-ee-tel-er, stohr-]
–noun
1. a person who tells or writes stories or anecdotes.
2. a person who tells more or less trivial falsehoods; fibber.

Origin:
1700–10; story 1 + teller1
sto·ry·tell·er   (stôr'ē-těl'ər, stōr'-)   
n.  
    1. One who tells or writes stories.
    2. One who relates anecdotes.
  1. Informal One who tells lies.
sto'ry·tell'ing n.

storyteller

one who tells a story. In a work of fiction the narrator determines the story's point of view. If the narrator is a full participant in the story's action, the narrative is said to be in the first person. A story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story is a third-person narrative.

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