prosateur
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prosateur
1875–80; < French < Italian prosatore; see prose, -ator, -eur
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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 Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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 Arthur Christopher Benson
More than one "prosateur" has affected to despise poetry; in reference to which propensity, we may call to mind the bon-mot of Montaigne: "We cannot attain to poetry; let us revenge ourselves by abusing it."
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
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 William Lyon Phelps
We do not even possess any equivalent of the French "prosateur," though I see no reason why "prosator" should not be used.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
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