Essayist

Word ESSAYIST
Character 8
Hyphenation es say ist
Pronunciations /ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/

Definitions and meanings of "Essayist"

What do we mean by essayist?

A writer of essays. noun

A writer of an essay; one who practises the writing of essays. noun

A writer of an essay, or of essays. noun

One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions. noun

A writer of literary works noun

One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

A term used by insecure and/or pretentious YouTubers who owe their fame and succes to posting YouTube clips but who think the term "YouTuber" is beneath them as soon as they publish a publish a book. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Essayist

The word "essayist" in example sentences

(Pick any male essayist from the 19th or 20th century, for that matter.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

Jack London, the brilliant young author and essayist, is receiving congratulations upon the advent of a daughter. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Like Deni said - blogs ain't for the faint of heart - at least for anyone who isn't an 'essayist' - and I'll go to the head of the line on that. ❋ Unknown (2006)

2 The essayist is not identified in Jackson, Contributors and ❋ Unknown (2008)

But in context, it appears to me that the essayist was a little carried away by enthusiasm. ❋ Ed Gorman (2006)

An essayist is a lucky person who has found a way to discourse without being interrupted. ❋ Robert Byrne (1990)

Yet it is true that the essayist is the most sensitive of all writers to public opinion. ❋ Unknown (1925)

The essayist is a gentleman who chats to a world of gentlemen, and whose chat is shaped and coloured by a sense of what he owes to his company. ❋ John Richard Green (1860)

The essayist is a kind of poet in prose, and if questioned harshly as to his uses, he might be unable to render a better apology for his existence than a flower might. ❋ Alexander Smith (1848)

I'd stick with "essayist" and "economist" and let the factions fight over you as they wish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I doubt if there is any reasonable definition of poetry which would exclude even Pope the "essayist" from the circle of the poets. ❋ Robert Lynd (1914)

New Yorker essayist Atul Gawande is a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a prestigious teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. ❋ Wray Herbert (2012)

What most readers (my few; my treasured), who know me as an essayist, a writer of non-fiction, may not know is that I also write poetry, that I began writing as a poet . . . and that I then wrote (and published) jazz lyrics to tunes written by such composers as Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley. ❋ Elizabeth Boleman-Herring (2012)

Peter Mandel is an essayist and the author of 10 books for kids including his newest about a guy who runs a jackhammer and uses his belly on the job: Jackhammer Sam Macmillan/Roaring Brook. ❋ Peter Mandel (2012)

Read, the award-winning British novelist and playwright, and Hansen, the American novelist, essayist and professor (Santa Clara University), are both Catholic writers creating art in the contemporary world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An extraordinary debut from [Hugo] Award finalist & [video essayist] Lindsay [Ellis]. ❋ Dehaene (2020)

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