proser

noun

Definition of prosernext
as in prosateur

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  1. playwright
  2. poet
  3. screenwriter
  4. dramatist
  5. scriptwriter
  6. bard
  7. essayist
  8. journalist
Noun
  • The initial suit was brought against playwright David Adjmi as well as the play’s commercial Broadway producers, the theater owner and nonprofit developers of the play, which opened on Broadway in April 2024 and is running through Jan. 12, 2025.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Thirteen awards were handed out on the night, with actor, playwright and author Zawe Ashton hosting the ceremony.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of playwright
Noun
  • That’s the secret poets know, and so does Madison Avenue.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • As for what's next, Morley-Chisholm and the rest of her team have gotten a lot of requests for more voices, from Mary, Queen of Scots, to the poet John Keats and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
    Patrick Wood, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of poet
Noun
  • Guests at Law's star ceremony included Zach Baylin and Justin Kurzel, the screenwriter and director behind his most recent movie The Order.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Now, Guadagnino takes on the project with The Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter Scott Z. Burns penning the screenplay.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of screenwriter
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  • But great dramatists recognize that our lives exist largely in gray zones, and that no ideology can contain our contradictory humanity.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The 2016 election and the COVID pandemic: the two major moments of the past eight years that are irresistible to dramatists but are notoriously tricky to get right.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of dramatist
Noun
  • As in the production chain, giving space to the talent of women and pushing for their inclusion in front of and behind the camera — as scriptwriters, directors, and cinematographers — is a public service duty and a strategic choice.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Understand first what Hollywood scriptwriters call the backstory: Intel for decades dominated the global semiconductor industry, designing and manufacturing leading-edge chips.
    BYGeoff Colvin, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of scriptwriter
Noun
  • The endearing homecoming introduces new characters including Moni (Hualalai Chung), a passionate island bard; Loto (Rose Matafeo), a quirky shipwright; Kele (David Fane), a cantankerous farmer; and Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda), Moana’s tenacious younger sister.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
  • According to Open Source Shakespeare, a web page containing all of the bard’s plays, poems and sonnets, there are 884,421 words in the entire works of Shakespeare.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of bard
Noun
  • Ideas By Donovan McAbee October 28, 2024 7:00 AM EDT McAbee is a poet, essayist, and theologian, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Hudson Review, The Sun magazine (U.S.), Garden & Gun, and elsewhere.
    Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Tendler can’t square how to both love men and live under patriarchy — something writers, philosophers, and essayists have long been pondering.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of essayist
Noun
  • Bashar Assad's fall after a lightning rebel offensive has allowed journalists for the first time to start searching in Syria for evidence of the captagon empire.
    Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • That year, the founders did a shoot with legendary model and journalist Benedetta Barzini, who remains a friend of the brand and features also in the images promoting the new collection.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of journalist
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