English speakers borrowed the word from French, where it traces back to the Old French verb raconter, meaning "to tell." Raconter in turn was formed from another Old French verb, aconter or acompter, meaning "to tell" or "to count," which is ultimately from Latin computare, meaning "to count." Computare is also the ...

How do you remember the word raconteur?

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for raconteur

rac(rock)+on+teur(tour).... to rock on tour you should be story-teller. divide it like re(means)+conte+ur(sounds like count)..so you are counting in how many minutes you can REmemeber this story again and tell to people.

What was a Magsman?

/ (ˈmæɡzˌmæn) / noun plural -men Australian slang. a raconteur. a confidence trickster.