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nouna person who writes novels. Origin of novelistFirst recorded in 1575–85; novel1 + -ist Words nearby novelistnovel, novel coronavirus, novelese, novelette, novelettish, novelist, novelistic, novelize, novella, Novello, Novels Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for novelist“You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist,” Martin Amis has observed. Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence. Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST She is a novelist and former journalist who has reported from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Russia. Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women|Masha Hamilton|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Neither the novelist nor the novel could ever get away with it. Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons|William Giraldi|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Novelist and not writer and even less a man of letters,” Georges Simenon said of a title he well deserved. Nobel Prize Winner Modiano’s Magical Musical Prose About Paris|Pierre Assouline|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST After publishing several books on theological and miscellaneous subjects, he distinguished himself as a novelist. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various The stories and legends surrounding the campaigns of these brave men have furnished many themes for the poet and novelist. The Red Watch|J. A. Currie It seems very funny now to have to describe my inglorious position, as compared with the novelist's idea of a dash for liberty. When the prince had been a prisoner at Ham, he had sent the novelist his study entitled L'Extinction du pauperisme. George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings|Rene Doumic Did any novelist of the seventeenth century lay bare the palpitations of the female heart more delicately than Racine? Inquiries and Opinions|Brander Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for novelistCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to novelistwriter, storyteller, author, fictionist |