dram·a·tist \ˈdraməd.ə̇st, -äm-, -ȧm-, -mətə̇-\noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin dramat-, drama + English -ist 1.: playwright 2.: one that dramatizes < a man of moods … both a poet and dramatist of his instrument who gave to everything he played … a unique coloring — Duncan MacDougald >