discourser
(dɪˈskɔəsə(r))
Also 6 -our, 7 -or.
[f. discourse v. + -er1.]
One who discourses; a speaker, talker, narrator, preacher, orator; the writer of a discourse or dissertation.
| 1564 Brief. Exam. **iij b, There are much paynes bestowed of these discoursours. 1579 J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf A vj b, These discoursers that vse the word of God with as little conscience as they doe Machiavel. 1600 O. E. Reply Libel i. vii. 166 An idle discourser, that mooueth questions, that bee not to purpose. 1630 R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 300 Some few particulars..worthy a much more ample discourse, and a..better informed discourser. 1713 Bentley Freethinking 65 (R.) Our discourser here has quoted nine verses out of it. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 415 It behoves the discourser upon religious matters to consider [etc.]. 1884 Church Bacon iii. 62 Perhaps she distrusted in business and state affairs so brilliant a discourser. |