Nobelist

noun

No·​bel·​ist nō-ˈbe-list How to pronounce Nobelist (audio)
plural Nobelists
: a winner of a Nobel Prize

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This edition, which includes a foreword by the Peruvian writer and fellow Nobelist Mario Vargas Llosa, and an introduction by the eminent scholar Gerald Martin, endeavors to confirm Asturias’s position as a founding figure of Latin American literature. Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Nobelist was in 1936

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“Nobelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobelist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.

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