novelist

noun

nov·​el·​ist ˈnä-və-list How to pronounce novelist (audio)
ˈnäv-
: a writer of novels

Examples of novelist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His younger brother was novelist and journalist John Gregory Dunne, and his sister-in-law was essayist and critic Joan Didion. Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024 English writer Ware will speak at 7 p.m. May 24 at Boswell Books in conversation with Milwaukee novelist Carole E. Barrowman. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024 Today, the 76-year-old Mission Hills resident is a novelist, who has written two books about American women who are historians or dealers in Spanish and Latin American art. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024 His mother is the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks, and his father, Tony Horwitz, who died in 2019, was a best-selling author. Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for novelist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of novelist was in 1728

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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.

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novelist

noun
nov·​el·​ist ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst How to pronounce novelist (audio)
: a writer of novels
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