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 Word Forms

• superdramatist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dramatist¹

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

Example Sentences

Alexander was about to explain that Aristophanes was the famous Greek dramatist who wrote satirical plays about the Peloponnesian War, but Penelope spoke first.

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Most of which would have been beyond the ken of the most daring 19th-century Scandinavian dramatist.

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The irony, duly noted by dramatists, is that the technological monsters we’re creating bear many of our own features — in exaggerated if uncannily familiar form.

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Author of “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,” Bioh thrives as a dramatist of enclosed worlds.

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The play by Welsh playwright Gary Owen is believed to be the first time the story of Glyndŵr has been tackled by a dramatist for a large-scale production, with the prince as the main character.

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