wordsmith
Americannoun
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an expert in the use of words.
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a person, as a journalist or novelist, whose vocation is writing.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wordsmith
Example Sentences
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Liebling didn’t profess to be the best wordsmith who ever lived, but he did say that he could write faster than anyone who could write better.
She is a brilliant wordsmith, who had a transformative effect in literature by shifting the focus inward using indirect discourse to combine a character’s inner thoughts with the narrator’s voice.
From Los Angeles Times
“If there’s a way around that, sure, I’d be at the table saying, ‘Lawyers, wordsmith something to get out of that,’ ” McNeill said.
From Los Angeles Times
Lorenz Hart was a great American wordsmith, and a great American catastrophe.
For a film centered on William Shakespeare, the most famous wordsmith in history, that felt oddly fitting.
From Los Angeles Times
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