littérateurn.
/lɪtəraˈtəː/ A literary man, a writer of literary or critical works.
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scholarc1600
man of letters1645
literator1710
literarian1740
literary gent1773
literary1801
littérateur1806
1806 Edinb. Rev. 7 364 During a part of this time he lives with a profligate literateur [sic] of the name of Beauvin.
1816 Ld. Byron Let. 29 July (1976) V. 86 He [sc. Bonstetten] is also a litterateur of good repute.
1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminiscences in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 514/2 Like Gibbon, he [sc. Southey] was the most accomplished litterateur amongst the erudite scholars of his time.
1882 P. Fitzgerald Recreat. Lit. Man I. ii. 8 For many years now, I have been an industrious littérateur——of all work.
1895 E. Dowson Let. 22 Dec. (1967) 335 I suppose you have heard of the abortive petition which he started among French litérateurs for the grace of Oscar?
1925 W. Stevens Let. 14 Oct. (1967) 245 I have seen very few litérateurs during the last year or two.
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