dialogist

[ dahy-al-uh-jist ]

noun

1. a speaker in a dialogue.
2. a writer of dialogue.

dialogist

/ daɪˈælədʒɪst /

noun

1. a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue

Derived Forms

• ˌdialoˈgistic, adjective

Other Words From

• di·a·lo·gis·tic [dahy-, uh, -loh-, jis, -tik], adjective
• dia·lo·gisti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dialogist¹

1650–60; < Late Latin dialogista < Greek dialogistḗs, equivalent to diálog ( os ) dialogue + -istēs -ist

Example Sentences

“Alberto Fernandez is a negotiator, pluralist, and dialogist,” said political analyst Ricardo Rouvier,

From Reuters

Irna describes herself as "part mechanic, part psychologist, part dialogist."

From Time Magazine Archive

Its author is the jolly and companionable John Boynton Priestley, whose works are to be found in every drawing room which calls itself a parlor; its adapter is the glib Benn Levy, who usually specializes in Mayfair comedy; its dialogist is R. C. Sherriff, hitherto noted for his Journey's End.

From Time Magazine Archive

This truculent sentiment the Dialogist imputes to a Spanish liberal.

From Project Gutenberg