miscellanist

American  

[mis-uh-ley-nist, mi-sel-uh-nist] / ˈmɪs əˌleɪ nɪst, mɪˈsɛl ə nɪst /

noun

1. a person who writes, compiles, or edits miscellanies.

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miscellanist British  

/ mɪˈsɛlənɪst /

noun

1. a writer of miscellanies

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Etymology

Origin of miscellanist

First recorded in 1800–10; miscellan(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

The church historian and miscellanist Heylin belongs also to the now fast multiplying class of professional writers who dealt with almost any subject as it might seem likely to hit the taste of the public.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

All this we may not unkindly brush away, and consider him first as a poet, secondly as a critic, and thirdly as what can be best, though rather unphilosophically, called a miscellanist.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

My first letter went by an ambassadorial express; my second by the Black John lugger; my third will be conveyed by Cam, the miscellanist.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

But he was, though in both ways a most unequal, a delightful miscellanist and critic.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

He was, however, perhaps most popular in his own time, and certainly he gained most of the not excessive share of pecuniary profit which fell to his lot, as what I have called a miscellanist.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George