litterateur

lit·ter·a·teur

noun
\ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər, ˌli-trə-, -ˈtu̇r\

Definition of LITTERATEUR

: a literary person; especially : a professional writer

Variants of LITTERATEUR

lit·ter·a·teur or lit·té·ra·teur \ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər, ˌli-trə-, -ˈtu̇r\

Examples of LITTERATEUR

1. <Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent.>

Origin of LITTERATEUR

French littérateur, from Latin litterator critic, from litterae letters, literature

First Known Use: 1806

Related to LITTERATEUR

Synonyms: author (or littérateur), pen, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer

Antonyms: nonauthor

Related Words: auteur, belletrist (also belle-lettrist), stylist, wordsmith; coauthor, coscenarist, cowriter; ghostwriter, hack, hatchet man, scribbler, wordmonger; biographer, hagiographer; autobiographer, memoirist, memorialist; fabulist, fictioneer, fictionist, novelist, romancer, storyteller; essayist, pamphleteer, satirist; dramatist, playwright, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter; prosaist, prosateur, proser; bard, poet, rhymer, versifier; blogger, columnist, journalist, newspaperman, paragrapher, reporter, sportswriter

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Rhymes with LITTERATEUR

arbitrageur, carillonneur, entrepreneur, provocateur, restaurateur