dramatist

American  

[dram-uh-tist, drah-muh-] / ˈdræm ə tɪst, ˈdrɑ mə- /

noun

1. a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.

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dramatist British  

/ ˈdræmətɪst /

noun

1. a writer of plays; playwright

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Other Word Forms

• superdramatist noun

Etymology

Origin of dramatist

1670–80; < Greek drāmat- ( dramatic ) + -ist

Example Sentences

A superb dramatist of social class, morality and love, Mr. Gurnah is a contemporary heir to George Eliot.

From The Wall Street Journal

But neither was he drawn to the issue-laden work of his more politically minded postwar British playwriting peers, that new breed of dramatist unleashed by John Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger.”

From Los Angeles Times

When it comes to the world of comic invention and linguistic pyrotechnics, few dramatists of the 20th century could match the scope and sustained success of British writer Tom Stoppard, who has died aged 88.

From Barron's

That the greatest dramatist of the last 500 years is married to someone wholly incurious about his art is, in itself, a tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times

Alexander was about to explain that Aristophanes was the famous Greek dramatist who wrote satirical plays about the Peloponnesian War, but Penelope spoke first.

From Literature