Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

    She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

    Essayist, Essayistin

    очерки́стočerkíst, очерки́сткаočerkístka, эссеи́стessɛíst

    есеї́стesejíst, есеї́сткаesejístka

More definitions
  • a writer of literary works

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Mary became famous as an essayist and critic.

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  2. Mary has made a name for herself as an essayist and critic.

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  3. Do you know Waleed Al-Husseini, the Palestinian essayist who is threatened with death by Muslim fanatics?

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Translations

9 languages
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one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions:
Русский
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one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions:
Deutsch
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one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions:

Forms

plural: essayists
Singularessayist
Pluralessayists

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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