Meaning of LIBRETTIST
| Pronunciation: | | li'bretist
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| | Definition: | | [n] author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta |
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| | See Also: | | author, Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert, William Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, writer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Li*bret"tist\ (l[i^]*br[e^]t"t[i^]st), n.
One who makes a libretto.
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