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Definition of litterateur
: a literary person;
especially
: a professional writer
noun
lit·ter·a·teur
\
ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər
,
ˌli-trə-
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-ˈtu̇r
\
variants:
or
littérateur
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Examples of litterateur in a Sentence
Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent.
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A similar lesson awaits the young litterateur who insists that a good book should move not only the head and the heart but also the loins.
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Origin and Etymology of litterateur
French littérateur, from Latin litterator critic, from litterae letters, literature
litterateur Synonyms
Synonyms
author (or littérateur), pen, penman, scribe, scrivener, writerAntonyms
nonauthorRelated 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, sportswriterLearn More about litterateur
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