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ESSAYIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A writer of literary works

Synonyms:

essayist; litterateur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("essayist" is a kind of...):

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Instance hyponyms:

Charles Lamb; Elia; Lamb (English essayist (1775-1834))

Derivation:

essay (an analytic or interpretive literary composition)

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