dramatist

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

/ ˈdræm ə tɪst, ˈdrɑ mə- /

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noun

a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.

Nearby words

dramatic irony, dramatic monologue, dramatic unities, dramatics, dramatis personae, dramatist, dramatization, dramatize, dramaturge, dramaturgy, drambuie

Origin of dramatist

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

Related forms

su·per·dram·a·tist, noun

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Examples from the Web for dramatist

The bias for me, as a dramatist—to go back to the bully question—is how did we become like this?
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The playwright Jon Fosse could avoid the curse of Henrik Ibsen to become a Norwegian dramatist Nobel laureate.
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The first question a dramatist asks is not "Is this how it really works?"
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“The opposition [between Left and Right] appealed to me as a dramatist,” he writes in The Secret Knowledge.
David Mamet's Right Turn|Ben Crair|May 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

On the political stage, Mamet is not a dramatist; he is merely acting.
David Mamet's Right Turn|Ben Crair|May 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Marlowe and ShakespeareMarlowe is the only dramatist of the time who is ever compared with Shakespeare.
English Literature|William J. Long
His gains in the capacity of dramatist formed the smaller source of income.
A Life of William Shakespeare|Sidney Lee
A dramatist should not permit himself to describe his characters, for in his own personality he has no proper place in the text.
Dramatic Technique|George Pierce Baker
As a dramatist, Dekker was most active between the years 1598 and 1602.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11|Various
In scheming the sequence of incidents, and in suppressing explanatory narrative, lies the art of the dramatist.
Shakespeare in the Theatre|William Poel

British Dictionary definitions for dramatist

dramatist

/ (ˈdræmətɪst) /

noun

a writer of plays; playwright

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