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essayist|ˈɛseɪɪst|
[f. essay n. and v. + -ist.]
1. One who essays, one who makes trials or experiments. Const. of. Now rare.
1736in Bailey. 1794Burke tr. Pref. Brissot's Address Wks. VII. 313 All the essayists and novices of revolution in 1789, that could be found, were promiscuously put to death. 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 80 The panegyric may prompt such unfortunate essayists to consult the productions of the personage so extolled. 1868Mrs. H. Wood Red Court Farm ix, The mistakes made by both essayists kept the platform in a roar.
2. A writer of essays.
1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. ii. iii, Meere Essaists! a few loose sentences, and that's all. a1774Goldsm. Reverie (R.), I am not to have admittance as an essayist. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) I. 211 A cessation..of any exertion of his talents as an essayist. 1829Macaulay Misc. Writ. (1860) I. 311 The conclusion at which the essayist arrives. 1884J. W. Ebsworth in Roxb. Bal. ii. Pref. p. viii, He was a brilliant historical Essayist. |