dramatist
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dram·a·tist /ˈdræmətɪst/ AWL noun [countable] BOAPTsomeone who writes plays, especially serious ones 〔尤指严肃的〕剧作家，编剧 SYN playwrightExamples from the Corpus
dramatist• Dramatists during the period frequently collaborated on their work and the dramatists were also close to the companies producing their plays.• It is none the less evident from her poetry that at different times she was visited by aspiring poets and dramatists.• Writers and dramatists have always known that one way to capture an audience is to frighten it out of its wits.• He had been lampooned by contemporary dramatists.• He pictures the poet or dramatist surrounded by a group of fans in the coffee-house.• Sentimental dramatists insist that comedy should have a higher purpose than merely to ridicule the weaknesses of mankind.• There had been earlier instances of co-ordination or control by the dramatist or by the composer.• Yet, in a sense, the dramatist was right and the actress wrong.dram·a·tist nounChineseSyllable
who someone especially serious ones writes plays, Corpus
dramatist
dram‧a‧tist AC /ˈdræmətəst, ˈdræmətɪst/
noun [countable]someone who writes plays, especially serious ones
SYN playwright
▪ writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job: Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation. | a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine | I always wanted to be a writer.
▪author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book: Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie. | The author will be signing copies of his book. | He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
▪novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events: Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists. | the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
▪poet someone who writes poems: a class studying the works of modern American poets
▪playwright someone who writes plays: Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
▪dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past: the great French dramatist, Moliere
▪scriptwriter (also screenwriter ) someone who writes plays for films or television: Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
▪blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website: a travel blogger | a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English
dram‧a‧tist AC /ˈdræmətəst, ˈdræmətɪst/
noun [countable]someone who writes plays, especially serious ones SYN playwright
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