A.Word.A.Day--litterateur

[Dave Monroe]

litterateur

PRONUNCIATION:
(lit-uhr-uh-TUR, lit-ruh-)

MEANING:
noun: An author of literary or critical works.

ETYMOLOGY:
>From French littérateur, from Latin litterator (teacher of letters,
grammarian, critic), from litterae (letters, literature), from littera
(letter). Earliest documented use: 1806.

USAGE:
“No major English cemetery would be complete without its poets and
litterateurs.”
Carolyn Lyons; A Visit to London’s Cemeteries; Los Angeles Times; Mar 17, 2013.

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