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Definition of Fabulist

1. Noun. A person who tells or invents fables.

Definition of Fabulist

1. n. One who invents or writes fables.

Definition of Fabulist

1. Noun. one who writes or tells fables ¹

2. Noun. a liar ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fabulist

1. a liar [n -S] - See also: liar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabulist

Literary usage of Fabulist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation by William Ernest Henley (1897)
"1 * fabulist as literature—as achievements in a certain order of art—they have a poor enough kind of existence. In comparison to the work of La Fontaine ..."

2. Paris: with Pen and Pencil: Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by David W. Bartlett (1858)
"LA FONTAINE, the fabulist, was buried by the side of Moliere, who died long before him. He was born July 8th, 1621, at Chateau Thierry. ..."

3. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1903)
"... fabulist, and passes for one of the best poets of this kind in Italy. His style is simple and natural, and his subjects, well chosen, are presented in ..."

4. St. Petersburgh: A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital; Through by Augustus Bozzi Granville (1828)
"... the fabulist. — Manuscript Letters of Sovereigns. — Specimen of Louis XIV.'s early Notions of Royal Authority. — THE PRESS. — Encouragement to Authors. ..."

5. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
""Although he ranks far below La Fontaine," says Larousse, " he is very remarkable as a fabulist, and passes for one of the best poets of this kind in Italy. ..."

6. The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the by David Irving (1804)
"On the authority of this fabulist, Dr Duck with sufficient credulity has informed us, that a college founded there by some of the Scotish kings was solely ..."

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