Definition of "conversationalist"

conversationalist

/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/

noun
plural conversationalists
1. A person who participates in a conversation.
2. A person skilled in general conversation.
  Quotations
  But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals.
  2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times‎