literator

American  

[lit-uh-rey-ter] / ˈlɪt əˌreɪ tər /

noun

1. littérateur.

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literator British  

/ ˈlɪtəˌreɪtə /

noun

1. another word for littérateur

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Etymology

Origin of literator

1625–35; < Latin litterātor an (inferior) grammarian, originally, one who teaches elementary grammar, equivalent to litter ( a ) letter ¹ + -ātor -ator; literate

Example Sentences

The literary work which Calvin, in the shape of a commentary, has interwoven with the treatise of Seneca is a production not unworthy a literator of the revival; it is an amplification, which one would have supposed to have been written in the cell of a Benedictine monk, so numerous are the citations, so great is the display of erudition, so replete is it with the names, Greek and Latin, of poets, historians, moralists, rhetoricians, philosophers, and philologists.

From Project Gutenberg

Neugierig wird jeder deutsche Schriftsteller und Literator, der sich in irgend einem Fache hervorgethan, diesen Catalog aufschlagen um zu forschen: ob denn auch seiner darin gedacht, seine Werke, mit andern Verwandten, freundlich aufgenommen worden.

From Project Gutenberg

This president was the distinguished pianist and literator, Dr. Larry Nopkin, and his sarcastic glare at the pupils gave every man the nervous shivers.

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If a synonym for 'man of letters' is demanded why not find it in 'literator', which Lockhart did not hesitate to employ in the Life of Scott.

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"Goruki sounds like the name of a Russian literator," said Red Shirt.

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