prosateur

American  

[proh-zuh-tur] / ˌproʊ zəˈtɜr /

noun

1. a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.

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Etymology

Origin of prosateur

1875–80; < French < Italian prosatore; prose, -ator, -eur

Example Sentences

Cicero is diffuse, and often affords little more than small-talk on abstract topics; Tacitus a brilliant but affected prosateur, Caesar a dull and uninspiring author.

From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher

But the more positive prosateur has his work to do also, and you, as it seems to me, need this positive help of prose.

From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Menage invented a term of which an equivalent is wanting in our language; “J’ai fait prosateur � l’imitation de l’italien prosatore, pour dire un homme qui �crit en prose.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

He is not widely known as a poet to-day, though all his life he has written more or less verse without achieving distinction; for he is essentially a prosateur.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon

The question as to whether he was primarily a poet or a prosateur has been often asked.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various