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Definition of Litterateur
1. Noun. A writer of literary works.
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Specialized synonyms: Charles Lamb, Elia, Lamb
Derivative terms: Essay
Definition of Litterateur
1. n. One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.
Definition of Litterateur
1. Noun. A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Litterateur
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Litterateur
1. One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus. "Befriended by one kind-hearted litterateur after another." Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Litterateur
Literary usage of Litterateur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred by Lawrence Barnett Phillips (1889)
"1812 Г. litterateur; Ш4-Ш4 Ж. Villena, Juan Femando Pacheco, Marquis of, Spanish
minister of Henry IV. ; 1450 K. Villenave, ..."
2. German Atrocities, Their Nature and Philosophy: Studies in Belgium and by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Newell Dwight Hillis (1918)
"... CHAPTER VI litterateur AND BOOK-HUNTER Y great-grandfather, Matthias Pennypacker,
had a reputation for vigorous and apt expression. ..."
3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, litterateur [Address by Charles
Dudley Warner, critic, novelist, man of letters (born in Plainfield, Mass., ..."
4. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... delicious indulgence of his one single idea to the zealot, strong in faith,
fierce and narrow in his creed; to the sentimentalist and litterateur, ..."
5. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"... (JOHN,) an English litterateur and teacher of elocution, born in London in 1764.
He published in 1787 a collection of poems. ..."
6. The Autobiography of a Pennsylvanian by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (1918)
"CHAPTER VI litterateur AND BOOK-HUNTER Y great-grandfather, Matthias Pennypacker,
had a reputation for vigorous and apt expression. ..."
7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Kurth, and other Belgian Roman Catholic litterateur*; and a volume by Francois
Carez on Verlaine, France, and other contemporary authors. ..."
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