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litterateur

noun
lit·​ter·​a·​teur | \ ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər How to pronounce litterateur (audio) , ˌli-trə-, -ˈtu̇r\
variants: or littérateur

Definition of litterateur

: a literary person especially : a professional writer
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Synonyms & Antonyms for litterateur

Synonyms

author, pen, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer

Antonyms

nonauthor

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Examples of litterateur in a Sentence

Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent.

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 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, "A Boundless Capacity for Talk," 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, "The Sexiest Erotic Novels of All Time," 29 Mar. 2017

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First Known Use of litterateur

1806, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for litterateur

French littérateur, from Latin litterator critic, from litterae letters, literature

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