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单词 litterateur
释义

litterateur

noun

lit·​ter·​a·​teur ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər How to pronounce litterateur (audio)
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

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

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  • 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
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