Scenarist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writer of screenplays; a screenwriter.

    "What was acted out in the American and French Revolutions had been thought out beforehand in the writings of Locke and Rousseau, the scenarists for the drama of modern politics."

  2. 2
    a writer of screenplays wordnet

Example

More examples

"What was acted out in the American and French Revolutions had been thought out beforehand in the writings of Locke and Rousseau, the scenarists for the drama of modern politics."

Etymology

From scenar(io) + -ist.

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