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单词 belletrists
释义

belletrist

noun

bel·​le·​trist bel-ˈle-trist How to pronounce belletrist (audio)
variants or less commonly belle-lettrist
: a writer of belles lettres
Nikos Demou was a prosperous advertising executive in Athens with his own firm until runaway success with a series of books, essays and articles on the Greek identity crisis enabled him to earn a more than comfortable living as a journalist and belletrist. Robert Fox
belletristic adjective
or less commonly belle-lettristic
ˌbe-lə-ˈtri-stik How to pronounce belletrist (audio)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism. Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

belles lettres

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

belletrists

noun

variants also belle-lettrists
plural of belletrist
as in littérateurs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • littérateurs
  • writers
  • wordsmiths
  • co-scenarists
  • hatchet men
  • stylists
  • cowriters
  • authors
  • pens
  • litterateurs
  • wordmongers
  • coscenarists
  • auteurs
  • coauthors
  • penmen
  • scribblers
  • co-writers
  • hagiographers
  • scriveners
  • ghostwriters
  • fictionists
  • autobiographers
  • biographers
  • prosers
  • co-authors
  • memorialists
  • hacks
  • novelists
  • prosateurs
  • prosaists
  • fictioneers
  • storytellers
  • memoirists
  • scribes
  • fabulists
  • essayists
  • playwrights
  • screenwriters
  • romancers
  • scriptwriters
  • dramatists
  • pamphleteers
  • scenarists
  • satirists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonauthors
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