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ESSAYIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does essayist mean?
• ESSAYIST (noun)
The noun ESSAYIST has 1 sense:
1. a writer of literary works
Familiarity information: ESSAYIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writer of literary works
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
essayist; litterateur
Hypernyms ("essayist" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Instance hyponyms:
Charles Lamb; Elia; Lamb (English essayist (1775-1834))
Derivation:
essay (an analytic or interpretive literary composition)
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