novelist

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  1. noun A writer of novels.

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  • After stepping over the prostrate bodies from one end of the dormitory to the other, the novelist was almost overcome and when we got back to the door he begged to be taken to the open air. —  From the Bottom Up
  • Irving's novel was especially popular on col - lege campuses across the nation because of its youthful energy, and the novelist was applauded for creating realistic and strong female characters. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • "Making drastic changes to a novel while adapting it for the screen is one thing, but doing so when the novelist is a close friend can induce new levels of anxiety," writes David Mackenzie found himself in that situation when he decided to tackle Hallam Foe, an offbeat story about a young Peeping Tom's decidedly odd journey to self-knowledge .... —  GreenCine Daily
  • Mary McCarthy -- novelist, memoirist, and author of the bestseller Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam, to judge the situation for herself. —  NiemanWatchdog.org
  • The popularity of the novelist was at its height; and this admitted, if not avowed, specimen of Scott's prose must have been perceived, by all who had any share of discrimination, to flow from the same pen Mr. Terry produced, in the spring of 1816, a dramatic {p.095} piece, entitled Guy Mannering, which met with great success on the London boards, and still continues to be a favorite with the theatrical public. —  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)
 

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  1. = French nouvelliste, a newsmonger, quidnunc, = Spanish novelista = Portuguese Italian novellista, a novelist (def. 3); as novel + -ist.
 

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/ˈnɑvɛlɪst/
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