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conversationalists

noun

plural of conversationalist
as in chatterers
a person who talks constantly she's a compulsive conversationalist, so I try to avoid her at the end of the work day

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Recent Examples of conversationalists Silverblatt was different from one of the other all-time great book conversationalists, Chicago’s Studs Terkel. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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  1. magpies
  2. talkers
Noun
  • John Deacon, Queen The members of Queen were magpies who could throw just about anything, from opera to rockabilly, into their world-conquering arena rock.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Both birds are members of the Corvidae family, which also includes magpies and jays, and both crows and ravens are famously playful and intelligent.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of magpies
Noun
  • Here are the talkers The 2026 International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses conference is being held at the Baird Center this weekend, bringing 5,000 guests from 19 different countries to the area.
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While the original 29 code talkers who created the unbreakable code received Congressional Gold Medals, subsequent Code Talker graduates received the silver duplicate.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of talkers

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