[f. CONVERSE v. + -ER.] One who converses; a talker; spec. = CONVERSATIONALIST.
1594. Carew, Huarte’s Exam. Wits (1616), 217. Of much eloquence in words and discourse, great conuersers.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., I. vii. § 5. A familiar converser with learned professors.
1786. Mrs. Piozzi, Anecd. Johnson, in Ann. Reg., 1/1. Mr. Johnson was not intentionally a pompous converser.
1853. Lynch, Self-Improv., iv. 88. He seeks too early the repute of a converser.
1876. Darwin, in Life & Lett. (1887), I. 43. The best converser I ever listened to.
