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Meaning of LITTERATEUR

Pronunciation:  `lituru'tur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a writer of literary works
 
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 Synonyms: essayist
 
 See Also: author, Charles Lamb, Elia, Lamb, writer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lit`te`ra`teur"\, n. [F.]
One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a
literatus. `` Befriended by one kind-hearted litt['e]rateur
after another.'' --C. Kingsley.
 
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