dramatist

[ dram-uh-tist, drah-muh- ]

noun

1. a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.

dramatist

/ ˈdræmətɪst /

noun

1. a writer of plays; playwright

Other Words From

• super·drama·tist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dramatist¹

1670–80; < Greek drāmat- ( dramatic ) + -ist

Example Sentences

Such contemporary dramatists as Theresa Rebeck, Craig Wright and Caleen Sinnette Jennings tried out new work for her.

From Washington Post

The bias for me, as a dramatist—to go back to the bully question—is how did we become like this?

From The Daily Beast

The playwright Jon Fosse could avoid the curse of Henrik Ibsen to become a Norwegian dramatist Nobel laureate.

From The Daily Beast

The first question a dramatist asks is not "Is this how it really works?"

From The Daily Beast

“The opposition [between Left and Right] appealed to me as a dramatist,” he writes in The Secret Knowledge.

From The Daily Beast

On the political stage, Mamet is not a dramatist; he is merely acting.

From The Daily Beast

William Kenrick, an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, died.

From Project Gutenberg

In the literary and dramatic world Tchaikovsky had two good friends—the dramatist Ostrovsky and Sadovsky.

From Project Gutenberg

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, an English dramatist, wit and orator, died.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, both the young gallant himself and all his satellites can safely be put down as creations of the actor-dramatist.

From Project Gutenberg

But every scientific man can tell you a little about nature, and every dramatist can tell you a little about dramatic truth.

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