diseur

[ dee-zur; French dee-zœr ]

noun

, plural di·seurs [dee-, zurz, dee-, zœr].

1. a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.

Word History and Origins

Origin of diseur¹

< French: literally, speaker, Old French, equivalent to dis- (stem of dire < Latin dīcere; diction ) + -eur -eur

Example Sentences

Diseur de bons mots—A sayer of good things; 15 a would-be wit.

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But great diseur as he was, he himself acknowledged that Samson could have given him a lesson.

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Who is there to replace that perilously piquant diseur Harry Fragson?

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