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essayists

  • plural
    of essayist.
    essayist
    noun
    a writer of essays.

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And his influences included writers who worked in that tradition: writers and essayists such as Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Jorge Luis Borges and Euclides Da Cunha.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2025

Several essayists have described common characteristics of the “Star Wars” generation in terms of its existence at a technological turning point.

From Salon May 25, 2024

“Palestine’s poets, scholars, novelists and journalists and essayists have risked everything, including their lives and the lives of their families, to share their words with the world,” the letter reads in part.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2024

Although plans to accept electronic submissions are in the works, so far the project has been decidedly analog, starting with snail mail correspondence between potential essayists and a cadre of Hamilton student volunteers.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2023

There are, to be sure, stand-up comedians, shaggy- dog raconteurs, consummate essayists, and authors of mystery novels who can build up curiosity and suspense and then resolve it all with a sudden revelation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker