romancer

noun

Definition of romancernext
1
as in seducer

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2
as in novelist

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Recent Examples of romancer On the drama front, Howe announced Netflix had commissioned a new college hockey romancer, Ice Breaker, inspired by Hannah Grace’s novel of the same name. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for romancer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for romancer
  1. seducer
  2. novelist
  3. lover
  4. storyteller
  5. paramour
  6. fabulist
  7. fictionist
  8. autobiographer
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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
Definition of seducer
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  • Yet Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare – senior Tory politician, former athlete, bestselling novelist and bon viveur – simply sailed on.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly fifty years later, Impromptu (1991) retold the story as wry, knowing rom-com, this time with Judy Davis as the capering novelist and Hugh Grant as the winsome composer.
    — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of novelist
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  • Overton, however, claimed that both informants were lying — and that the semen found on the comforter was planted on the scene by a spurned ex-lover with connections to the police department.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Noah Adams, a writer, broadcaster, and storyteller who hosted All Things Considered for 18 years, has died.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
  • To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of storyteller
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  • Thank goodness Corey is on hand to remind Matt that his new paramour is the girlfriend of local mob boss Markos Szabo (David Dencik).
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Posing as a journalist, Tucker goes to interview the older man’s former paramour in Paris.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of paramour
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  • Bragg signed years ago did not invoke Capote’s more complicated legacy as a fabulist who invented scenes and quotes.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Human fabulists aren’t the only ones who sometimes lure tourists to less-than-authentic sites.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of fabulist
Noun
  • As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of fictionist
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  • Only the boy’s early obsession with the keyboard—initially discouraged by his parents—pointed to his destiny as a globe-trotting concert pianist, a composer in the major classical genres, and a fluent essayist and autobiographer to boot.
    — Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of autobiographer

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