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View synonyms for novelist

novelist

[ nov-uh-list ]

noun

  1. a person who writes novels. novel.


novelist

/ ˈnɒvəlɪst /

noun

  1. a writer of novels


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Word History and Origins

Origin of novelist1

First recorded in 1575–85; novel 1 + -ist

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Example Sentences

A young novelist dies, the American military is betrayed and James Patterson is profiled.

“You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist,” Martin Amis has observed.

Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.

She is a novelist and former journalist who has reported from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Russia.

Like any good suspense novelist, Shields is a master of evasion and sleight-of-hand.

Richard Cumberland died; eminent as a British poet, essayist, novelist and dramatic writer.

Near at hand is the home where Anthony Trollope, the novelist, lived for many years, and his sister is buried in the churchyard.

"That is exactly my object in asking you to meet me here, Enid," said the novelist, his countenance still thoughtful and serious.

One wonders why the great novelist and preacher spent so many years of his life here.

"I hardly know," was the novelist's reply, as in a navy serge suit he leaned near the window which overlooked the Thames.

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