variants
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
Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.
—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
Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.
—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
writer
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During a recent piece in which ESPN writers ranked NFL teams based on their future outlooks, Walder offered an incredibly bold prediction on Nix, projecting that the former first-round pick will lose his job soon.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The ranch, long the property of the University of New Mexico, was now run as a writers’ retreat, with a single writer of reputation occupying the privileged position of writer-in-residence.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Litterateur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litterateur. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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