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as in seducer
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as in novelist
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Recent Examples of romancer
The first film produced under the banner, Eternal Return, stars Scott alongside Kit Harington and Simon Callow in a magical realism romancer directed by Yaniv Raz.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Beta’s royal romancer Maxima has a similar setup, going out first on RTL+ before shifting to ZDFNeo in its second window.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
Guadagnino had walked the awards ceremony red carpet with his mom, Alia, after flying back to Venice from Telluride, Colorado, where the tender cannibal romancer had also been rapturously received.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
Along with violence, the pic doubles as a teenage romancer with the arrival of the mysterious Reza.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Justin Kroll, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Beta’s royal romancer Maxima has a similar setup, going out first on RTL+ before shifting to ZDFNeo in its second window.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
Guadagnino had walked the awards ceremony red carpet with his mom, Alia, after flying back to Venice from Telluride, Colorado, where the tender cannibal romancer had also been rapturously received.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
Along with violence, the pic doubles as a teenage romancer with the arrival of the mysterious Reza.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for romancer
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Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Pretty Little Liars star Sasha Pieterse is launching production label Mother Bare Productions with the first project a movie adaptation of popular American novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon’s upcoming urban fantasy book series Infernal Affairs, which Pieterse will star in and produce.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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So said American novelist Wallace Stegner in the 1980s, and guess what – the country’s people still seem to agree.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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He's got to be one of the most amazing storytellers that way.—
Martha Teichner,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Her first novel, In the Woods (2007), established her as a skilled storyteller who blends the elements of police procedurals and psychological thrillers with an engaging literary style.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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For Smith, in his hopes and oversights, was a fabulist as much as a scientist, a man doing theology as surely as economics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rather than go full creator in his commutation push, the fabulist opted for a less viral form of media: newspaper op-eds, placing them in The South Shore Press, a Long Island rag.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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The other was Errol, a darkly handsome lady-killer.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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During the course of the film, Grace deals with life, love (including a pair of paramours from the same band), professional disappointments, and the fallout of a horrible experience from her past.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Mar. 2026
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Far from a stereotypical homewrecker, Archie’s paramour (Lauren Tsai) is a blunt, hyper-logical scientist.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Romancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancer. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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