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noun

Talker n.

One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist. "There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick."

A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; used in contempt or reproach.

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Etymology of 'Talker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Talker" Quotes from Famous Books

... attain something like fame. Miss H—s has been for several seasons the acknowledged belle of New York, and her position has not been disputed. She is a dark beauty, her features of classical purity, her profile very delicate and her figure superb. She is a brilliant talker, and her talents are many and varied. Presumably she has been the object of many masculine attentions and the subject of many masculine quarrels; but she has kept her head and hand to herself. At least she ...

— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... all who shared the suppers at the hospitable home of Simms in Charleston none perhaps enjoyed them as vividly as Timrod. He chooses the word that well applies to Timrod's life in all its variations. He was vivid in all that he did. Being little of a talker, he was always a vivid listener, and when he spoke, his words leaped forth ...

— Literary Hearthstones of Dixie • La Salle Corbell Pickett

... that under such a system the man with the glib tongue and the persuasive manner, the babbling talker and the scheming organizer, would secure all the places of power and profit, while patient merit went to ...

— The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice • Stephen Leacock

... that he was in middle-age, as any long mention of the "handsome god.[FN81]" Having vainly endeavoured to stop by angry mutterings the course of the Baital's eloquence, he stepped out so vigorously and so rudely shook that inveterate talker, that the latter once or twice nearly bit off the tip of his tongue. Then the Vampire became silent, and Vikram relapsed into a walk which allowed ...

— Vikram and the Vampire • Sir Richard F. Burton

... way of digression, I'm a great talker, Mrs. Lyndsay, and love to ramble from one subject to another. Do just tell me, why a snub nose should be reckoned ...

— Flora Lyndsay - or, Passages in an Eventful Life • Susan Moodie

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