litterateur

n. 文学家, 文人

发音

UK /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː/
US /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/

词形变化

litterateurs 复数 litterateurs litterateuse litteratrice

别名

literateur littérateur

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

essayist

上位词 2

writer author

词源

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

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