Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A writer of romance.
  • noun One who romances; one who invents fictitious or extravagant stories.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who romances.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who romances.
  • noun entertainment industry A romantic film or television show.

Etymologies

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romance +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Judge Jarriquez herein alluded to a story by the great American romancer, which is a masterpiece.

    Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

  • The dullest street of the most prosaic town has matter in it for more smiles, more tears, more intense excitement, than ever were written in story or sung in poem; the reality is there, of which the romancer is the second-hand recorder.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Various

  • Judge Jarriquez herein alluded to a story by the great American romancer, which is a masterpiece.

    Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866

  • The problem, say some critics in China, is that director Hu Mei's "undignified" version of Confucius is turning the originator of Confucianism into a kung fu-fighting romancer, which is in contrast to their image of him as a saintly philosopher who espoused fundamental, traditional values of harmony and piety towards elders that many modern Chinese still cling to.

    Kung Fu Cinema 2009

  • What are the most brilliant fancies of a child or of a mere ignorant "romancer," compared to the amazing visions of the Arctic regions or the high Alps, which we have seen?

    Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Francis B. Pearson 1859

  • Romain Duris is a romancer-for-hire, paid lavish sums by families and friends to woo away a daughter/sister/friend before she commits to a loser that everyone can see is a disaster in the making.

    Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Downton Abbey" Frothy Fun Michael Giltz 2011

  • Romain Duris is a romancer-for-hire, paid lavish sums by families and friends to woo away a daughter/sister/friend before she commits to a loser that everyone can see is a disaster in the making.

    Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Downton Abbey" Frothy Fun Michael Giltz 2011

  • She lowered her lids, hoping she could keep this lumbering romancer at a distance without resorting to her knife.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • She lowered her lids, hoping she could keep this lumbering romancer at a distance without resorting to her knife.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • She lowered her lids, hoping she could keep this lumbering romancer at a distance without resorting to her knife.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

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