novelist

noun

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

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The travelers are the famous novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Hüller), who is serving on this trip as her father’s assistant, driver, editor, and barber. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2026 James’ novelist wife, Lizzie (Katherine Parkinson), is still daydreaming about Freddie. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2026 In the hands of almost any other novelist, this baroque profusion of forms, modes, and registers would achieve nothing more than confusion. Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 The Nobel-prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) go on an unsentimental journey in 1949 through West and East Germany in Pawel Pawlikowski’s damn-near perfect period piece Fatherland. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 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 16 May. 2026.

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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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