[f. as prec. + -IST.] One who converses much, or is addicted to conversation; one who practises the art of conversation; = CONVERSATIONALIST.
1806. Southey, in Robberds, Mem., II. 131. A little too much of the conversationist.
1824. Miss L. M. Hawkins, Mem., I. 282. Agreeable conversationists were met in great frequency.
a. 1864. Hawthorne, Eng. Note-bks. (1879), II. 24. Mr. Taylor is reckoned a brilliant conversationist.
