One who tells stories or accounts; a narrator or storyteller; also, a person who contests or argues.
From Old French conte (story, tale) plus -er (one who performs the action), or from 'conte' meaning 'to count/narrate' with -er suffix. The word can mean both storyteller and contestant.
The word 'conter' reveals how 'counting' something (like counting beads) and 'recounting' a story share the same root—both involve going through something systematically, one by one.
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