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Definition of playwright - 3 dictionary results

play⋅wright

  [pley-rahyt]
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–noun
a writer of plays; dramatist.
Origin:
1680–90; play + wright
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play·wright   (plā'rīt')   
n.  One who writes plays; a dramatist.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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playwright

the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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