novelist

noun

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

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The novelist was catapulted to worldwide fame when her spicy fantasy novel Fourth Wing — the first of five in her Empyrean series — became a bestselling sensation and one of the hottest reads of 2023. Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025 Each year, Austenites flock to locations all across southwest England, where the novelist spent most of her life. Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025 Eighty years ago, the Jewish American novelist Laura Z. Hobson was contemplating her next writerly move and was seeking a little help from her friends. Rachel Gordan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025 Yet all three novelists also refuse to narrate key moments of violence from the mind of a vacillating protagonist. Max Chapnick, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for novelist 

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 24 Jan. 2025.

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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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