Novelist
['nɒv(ə)lɪst] or ['nɑvlɪst]
Definition
(n.) An innovator; an asserter of novelty.
(n.) A writer of news.
(n.) A writer of a novel or novels.
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Examples
- The novelist, who knows everything, knows this also. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The novelist may be excused from sullying his page with the record of their deeds. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We must now return, as novelists say, and as we all wish they wouldn't, to the man from Somewhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All novelists have had occasion at some time or other to wish with Falstaff, that they knew where a commodity of good names was to be had. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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