What does "litterateur" mean?

A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.

What is a synonym for "litterateur"?

Common synonyms include: essayist, academician, advertising writer, annalist, art critic, author.

Pronounced //ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ//.

//ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
"[…]; and fourthly—as is evident upon the face of these pages—he is no professed litterateur, who can be starved by adverse criticism."
2
a writer of literary works wordnet

"[…]; and fourthly—as is evident upon the face of these pages—he is no professed litterateur, who can be starved by adverse criticism."

From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.

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