essayist
essayist
Definition
es·say·ist (es′ā ist)
noun
one who writes essays
essayist
Synonyms
essayist
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- know: He was Australia's best known essayist and broadcaster and he was leader writer of a Melbourne newspaper.
Adjective modifier
- great: Great essayist a local general managers day midweek at.
- political: The author is the master political essayist of this era who takes the long view of history.
- American: I leave you with words of Wendell Berry, an American essayist, poet and farmer, to take to heart.
- prolific: Quotes and a Farewell It is with sadness 80 notes the passing of doughty evolution champion and prolific essayist Stephen Jay Gould.
- young: Young essayists are invited to send in incisive, challenging essays or up-to-date reviews for possible publication in the magazine.
- Scottish: It is said that on one occasion Auguste Comte, the French Philosopher met Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist.
Modifies a noun
- literacy: All of the tutor's contributions are directed at pushing Sara toward constructing a unifying central focus, as demanded in essayist literacy.
Preposition: in
- collection: Some essayists in this collection treat violence under very narrow definitions, while others use much broader ones.
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