feuilletonist

noun

feuil·​le·​ton·​ist -nə̇st 

-ˌnist

plural -s

: a writer of feuilletons

especially : a writer of regularly appearing critical or familiar essays or of a column

Word History

Etymology

French feuilletoniste, from feuilleton + -iste -ist

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