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or littérateur
as in writer
a person who creates a written work
Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent
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Recent Examples of litterateur
Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.
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Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.
—Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.
—Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
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.
—The Dirty Men and Women Of Esquire, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.
—Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.
—Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
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.
—The Dirty Men and Women Of Esquire, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for litterateur
Noun
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Contributing editor Sarah Khan is an award-winning travel writer based in New York City.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Tess Arnold, a 34-year-old travel writer from Seattle, had been caught in Dubai, but managed to get to London on Tuesday and hopes to return home a day later.—
Stefanie Dazio,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Van Lent was leaving the unparalleled nonprofit for a much smaller organization founded by author and Everglades activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas.—
Michael Adno,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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For Cory Allen—a father, author, LGBTQ+ advocate, and a former a secret service agent who protected Michelle Obama for two years—becoming a father wasn't as straight forward as some of his other accomplishments.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Litterateur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litterateur. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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