littérateur

or lit·te·ra·teur

[ lit-er-uh-tur; French lee-tey-ra-tœr ]

noun

, plural lit·té·ra·teurs [lit-er-, uh, -, turz, lee-tey-, r, a, -, tœr].

1. a literary person, especially a writer of literary works.

littérateur

/ ˌlɪtərəˈtɜː; literatœr /

noun

1. an author, esp a professional writer

Word History and Origins

Origin of littérateur¹

From French, dating back to 1800–10; literator

Word History and Origins

Origin of littérateur¹

C19: from French from Latin litterātor a grammarian

Example Sentences

He is above all else a litterateur who is addressing an audience with a decided taste for good literature.

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No Judeo-German litterateur has ever been able to make more than a scanty living, and that only sporadically, out of his books.

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The following observation by an eminent eye specialist and litterateur illustrates the opening paragraph of this chapter.

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She was the widow of a celebrated litterateur and was herself well known as a brilliant but shallow writer.

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And it would be thus the architect, not the litterateur, that would be permanently remembered.

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