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essayist

/ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/

essayist noun: one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

Noun

essayist (plural essayists)

  1. One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.
    • She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

essayist meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati

essayist in Urdu

انشا پرداز

essayist in Malayalam

ഉപന്യാസകർത്താവ്, പ്രബന്ധകാരൻ, ലേഖനരചയിതാവ്

essayist in Kannada

ಪ್ರಬಂಧಕಾರ

essayist in Gujarati

essayist
નિબંધકાર nibandhkār
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essayist in Persian
مقالهنویس maqâle-nevis

Forms of essayist

pluralessayists

Plural of essayist: essayists

Origin of essayist

From essay + -ist.

Words formed from essayist

Questions about essayist

What does essayist mean?
Essayist means one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.
What is essayist in Urdu?
Essayist in Urdu is انشا پرداز. See Essayist meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is essayist?
Essayist is a noun.
How do you pronounce essayist?
Essayist is pronounced /ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/ (US).
What is the plural of essayist?
The plural of essayist is essayists.

Words near essayist in the dictionary

  1. essayical
  2. essaying
  3. essayings
  4. essayish
  5. essayism
  6. essayist
  7. essayistic
  8. essayistical
  9. essayistically
  10. essayists
  11. essaykin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: essayist (page history and authors); essayist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); essayist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); essayist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); નિબંધકાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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