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Webster 1913 Edition
Novelist
Nov′el-ist
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Novelist
NOV'ELIST
,Noun.
1.
An innovator; an asserter of novelty.2.
A writer of a novel or of novels.3.
A writer of news.