litterateur
noun
lit·ter·a·teur ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər 
ˌli-trə-,
-ˈtu̇r
variants or littérateur
: a literary person
especially : a professional writer
Synonyms
- author
- pen
- penman
- scribe
- scrivener
- writer
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Example Sentences
Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent.
Recent Examples on the Web The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en. 
Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021 Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur. Geoffrey O’brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019 A similar lesson awaits the young litterateur who insists that a good book should move not only the head and the heart but also the loins. The Dirty Men And Women Of Esquire, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021 Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur. Geoffrey O’brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019 A similar lesson awaits the young litterateur who insists that a good book should move not only the head and the heart but also the loins. The Dirty Men And Women Of Esquire, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017 Word History
Etymology
French littérateur, from Latin litterator critic, from litterae letters, literature
First Known Use
1806, in the meaning defined above
litterateur
noun
variants or littérateur
as in writer
a person who creates a written work Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- writer
- novelist
- poet
- biographer
- dramatist
- author
- playwright
- pen
- penman
- woman of letters
- journalist
- scribe
- scribbler
- scrivener
- wordsmith
- fictionist
- essayist
- screenwriter
- man of letters
- belletrist
- storyteller
- memoirist
- memorialist
- autobiographer
- hagiographer
- fictioneer
- stylist
- satirist
- pamphleteer
- versifier
- auteur
- fabulist
- scriptwriter
- scenarist
- ghostwriter
- reporter
- romancer
- newspaperman
- cowriter
- columnist
- bard
- rhymer
- blogger
- sportswriter
- coauthor
- belle-lettrist
- hack
- hatchet man
- prosateur
- wordmonger
- proser
- coscenarist
- prosaist
- paragrapher
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonauthor