novelist

noun

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

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The headphones allowed Saenz de Viteri to speak to each audience member directly, as a writer speaks to each reader, and alternate points-of-view from omniscient distance one minute to character interiority the next, like a daring novelist. Brian Schaefer july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025 That story is about two men, one an up-and-coming-actor and the other a want-to-be novelist, who fall into a deep brotherhood while sleeping with the same woman. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025 In the nineteenth century, the church graveyard was excavated for the coming railway—a gruesome process overseen by a young architect who later became a great novelist, Thomas Hardy. Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 4 July 2025 How the novelist turned the violence and randomness of war into a cosmic joke On August 5, 1945—the day before the world ended—Frank Sinatra was at a yacht club in San Pedro, California. Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for novelist

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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 14 Jul. 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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