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LITTERATEUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does litterateur mean? 

LITTERATEUR (noun)
  The noun LITTERATEUR has 1 sense:

1. a writer of literary worksplay

  Familiarity information: LITTERATEUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITTERATEUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A writer of literary works

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

essayist; litterateur

Hypernyms ("litterateur" 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))


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