litterateur en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.
Meanings
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A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
[…]; and fourthly—as is evident upon the face of these pages—he is no professed litterateur, who can be starved by adverse criticism.
1877, William Herman (pseudonym; Ambrose Bierce), The Dance of Death, pages 7–8:Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser.
1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter v, page 88, footnote 4
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| litterateurs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| littérateur | alternative | lexicographic | |
| literateur | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (3)
fr littérateur (person engaged in various literary works) · pl literat (person engaged in various literary works) · ru литера́тор (person engaged in various literary works)