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fictionist

or fic·tion·er

[ fik-shuh-nist ]

noun

  1. a writer of fiction; a novelist or short-story writer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fictionist1

First recorded in 1820–30; fiction + -ist

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Example Sentences

Nowadays almost every fictionist of account produces one good thriller at least of this sort.

It really may be numbered among doubts whether it is possible to exaggerate the dangers into which a fictionist may fall.

Once more the hard-working fictionist and the responsible head of a family, I began to worry about the future.

She was entirely urban whereas I was an absurd mixture of pioneer and trailer, fictionist and farmer.

Altogether and inevitably my work as a fictionist sank into an unimportant place.

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