novelist

[ nov-uh-list ]

/ ˈnɒv ə lɪst /

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noun

a person who writes novels.

Nearby words

novaya zemlya, novel, novelese, novelette, novelettish, novelist, novelistic, novelize, novella, novello, novels

Origin of novelist

First recorded in 1575–85; novel¹ + -ist

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Examples from the Web for novelist

“You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist,” Martin Amis has observed.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is a novelist and former journalist who has reported from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Russia.
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women|Masha Hamilton|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Neither the novelist nor the novel could ever get away with it.
Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons|William Giraldi|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Novelist and not writer and even less a man of letters,” Georges Simenon said of a title he well deserved.
Nobel Prize Winner Modiano’s Magical Musical Prose About Paris|Pierre Assouline|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After publishing several books on theological and miscellaneous subjects, he distinguished himself as a novelist.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various
The stories and legends surrounding the campaigns of these brave men have furnished many themes for the poet and novelist.
The Red Watch|J. A. Currie
It seems very funny now to have to describe my inglorious position, as compared with the novelist's idea of a dash for liberty.
The Boy Spy|Joseph Kerby
When the prince had been a prisoner at Ham, he had sent the novelist his study entitled L'Extinction du pauperisme.
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings|Rene Doumic
Did any novelist of the seventeenth century lay bare the palpitations of the female heart more delicately than Racine?
Inquiries and Opinions|Brander Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for novelist

novelist

/ (ˈnɒvəlɪst) /

noun

a writer of novels

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