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converser en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English converse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English converser From converse + -er.

Meanings

1. One who converses.
   • I can't fathom how it will be to communicate with no one but myself. Of course the radio is no converser at that distance, with those mountains. 2006, Brandon Stosuy, Up is Up, But So is Down, page 205:
   • If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers. 1850, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Plato; or, The Philosopher”, in Representative Men: Seven Lectures, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, […], →OCLC, page 58:

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