feuilletonist
feuilletonist noun: a writer of feuilletons.
Noun
feuilletonist (plural feuilletonists)
- A writer of feuilletons.
- In 1895, while Japan was busy beating China, and had convinced herself that she could beat the world, one of the Tōkyō papers achieved a success by the publication of a serial noved entitled Asahi-Zakura, by a feuilletonist called Murai Gensai.1905, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese
- But for all this, Grassou gave excellent counsel, like those feuilletonists incapable of writing a book who know very well where a book is wanting.1840, Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, Pierre Grassou
Forms of feuilletonist
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Origin of feuilletonist
From French feuilletoniste. By surface analysis, feuilleton + -ist.
Questions about feuilletonist
- What does feuilletonist mean?
- Feuilletonist means a writer of feuilletons.
- What part of speech is feuilletonist?
- Feuilletonist is a noun.
- What is the plural of feuilletonist?
- The plural of feuilletonist is feuilletonists.
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