raconteur

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

raconteur
    n 1: a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: {anecdotist},
         {raconteur}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Raconteur \Ra`con`teur"\ (r[.a]`k[^o]N`t[~e]r"), n. [F.]
   A relater; a storyteller.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "raconteur":
      anecdotalist, anecdotist, fableist, fabler, fabulist, fictionist,
      mythmaker, mythopoet, narrator, novelettist, novelist, reciter,
      recounter, relator, romancer, romancist, sagaman,
      short-story writer, spinner of yarns, storier, storyteller,
      taleteller, teller of tales, word painter, yarn spinner