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Webster 1913 Edition


Litterateur


Litˊteˊraˊteur′

(lē̍ˊtā̍ˊrȧˊtẽr′)
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Noun.
[F.]
One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.
“ Befriended by one kind-hearted littérateur after another.”
C. Kingsley.

Definition 2024


littérateur

littérateur

See also: litterateur

English

Noun

littérateur (plural littérateurs)

  1. Alternative spelling of litterateur

French

Etymology

From the Latin litterātor (critic).

Noun

littérateur m (plural littérateurs, feminine littératrice)

  1. litterateur

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