novelist

noun

nov·​el·​ist ˈnä-və-list How to pronounce novelist (audio)
ˈnäv-
: a writer of novels

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Because to me, a writer was a novelist. Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 But the great Uruguayan historian, novelist, and sportswriter had more to add. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025 Adapted by Assayas and award-winning screenwriter and novelist Emmanuel Carrère from the eponymous novel by Giuliano da Empoli, the film delves into the Byzantine politics of post-Soviet Russia and the rise to power of Vladimir Putin. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025 The Open Page Retreat, hosted by novelist and journalist Jessica Fellowes and the art psychotherapist Emma Defries, will welcome nine aspiring and established writers to Defries’s family home in the gorgeous market town of Chipping Campden. Victoria Herman, Air Mail, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for novelist

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First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of novelist was in 1728

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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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novelist

noun
nov·​el·​ist ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst How to pronounce novelist (audio)
: a writer of novels
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