Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A literary man; one who is engaged in literary work; one who adopts literature as a profession.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic,
essayist ,writer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a writer of literary works
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the public is eager and interested, reviewers must minister to its wants; and the genuine 'litterateur' is too much in the habit of acquiring his knowledge from the book he judges -- as the
Origin of Species Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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By spelling "litterateur" and "basilica," Christopher Smith, of Monett, became the champion of the 2009 Bee - a fifth grade student from Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt.
Carthage Press Homepage RSS Kevin McClintock 2009
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The French litterateur and gourmand Antoine Désaugiers once expressed the hope that his epitaph would read: "Here lies the first poet ever to die of indigestion."
In Brief: Gastronomy 2011
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I had no idea that the Barn Man had become such a litterateur in his years of obscurity.
Me & Barney the Purple Dinosaur Con Chapman 2011
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Diarist George Templeton Strong described Mansfield as a "small litterateur who devoted himself to the concoction of dish-water little novels."
Prominence and Patricide Edward J. Renehan Jr. 2010
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The Principal Secretary on the occasion also felicitated erudite poet and versatile litterateur Mr. Arjun Dev Majboor and illustrious Kashmiri musician and artist Mr. Krishan Langoo.
Muslim-Pandit brotherhood, harmony intact:, Young Pandit artists showcase Kashmiri culture 2009
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Hosken subsequently, as Charles Granville, litterateur and widower, married Mrs. Caroline Leontine Fawcett at Portobello near Edinburgh.
Archive 2009-02-01 Steve 2009
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"Every one has heard of Alexis Soyer, the celebrated chef de cuisine, ... [a] litterateur, as well as the greatest living master of the mageric art" (325).
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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has deeply condoled the death of renowned Dogri litterateur, Prof. Ram Nath Shastri, who passed away here last evening.
Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009
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Prof. Saifuddin Soz, the Union Minister of Water Resources has expressed his deep condolences over the passing away of veteran Dogri writer, author and litterateur Prof. Ram Nath Shastri in Jammu late last night.
Padam Shri Awardee Ram Nath Shastri���Icon of Dogras and Dogri litterateur passes away in Jammu(J&K) 2009
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