[a. late L. confābulātor, n. of action from confābulāri: see CONFABULATE, and -OR. So mod.F. confabulateur.] One who takes part in familiar talk or conversation.
1651. Charleton, Ephes. & Cimm. Matrons, II. (1668), 34. Those Divine Confabulators … divine each others wishes.
1659. H. More, Immort. Soul (1662), 221. To animate their Confabulators to a more secure converse.
18[?]. Lytton is quoted by Ogilvie.
1820. Retrospective Rev., II. 221. Nothing but the Essays themselves of our old confabulator [Montaigne], can convey an adequate idea of their unrestrained vivacity, energy, and fancy, of their boldness and attractive simplicity.
1914. A. A. Brill, Artificial Dreams & Lying, in Jrnl. Abnormal Psych., IX. 331. The poet may be called an artificial dreamer or a conventionalized—usually mentally balanced—confabulator.
