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miscellanists

miscellanists is the plural of miscellanist.

Meaning of miscellanist

Noun

miscellanist (plural miscellanists)

  1. An author or editor of one or more miscellanies; one who produces written works having a wide range of forms or kinds of content.
    • Leigh Hunt tried almost every conceivable kind of literature, including a historical novel. […] All this we may not unkindly brush away, and consider him first as a poet, secondly as a critic, and thirdly as what can be best, though rather unphilosophically, called a miscellanist.1889, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, Littell's Living Age, 5th series, vol. 66, p. 492
    Synonyms:
    miscellanarian

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Questions about miscellanists

What is miscellanists the plural of?
Miscellanists is the plural of miscellanist.

Words near miscellanists in the dictionary

  1. miscellaneousness
  2. miscellaneum
  3. miscellanies
  4. miscellanious
  5. miscellanist
  6. miscellanists
  7. miscellany
  8. miscensure
  9. miscensured
  10. miscensures
  11. miscensuring

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