novelist

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:29:51

Nov"el*ist, n.

1.

An innovator; an asserter of novelty.

[Obs.]

Cudworth.

2. [Cf. F. nouvelliste, It. novellista.]

A writer of news.

[Obs.]

Tatler (178).

3. [Cf. F. nouvelliste.]

A writer of a novel or novels.

 

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