What does "fabulist" mean?

A person who writes or tells fables.

Fabulist

Common synonyms include: bullshitter, charlatan, con artist, confidence trickster, deceiver, dissembler.

//ˈfæbjəlɪst// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A person who writes or tells fables.
"That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks[…]"
2
a person who tells or invents fables wordnet
3
A liar. figuratively
"The Infowars fabulist has been funneling millions out of his empire while claiming bankruptcy, the Sandy Hook families suing him say."

"That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks[…]"

Borrowed from French fabuliste.

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