essayist

noun

es·​say·​ist ˈe-ˌsā-ist How to pronounce essayist (audio)
: a writer of essays

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Ideas By Donovan McAbee October 28, 2024 7:00 AM EDT McAbee is a poet, essayist, and theologian, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Hudson Review, The Sun magazine (U.S.), Garden & Gun, and elsewhere. Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024 Tendler can’t square how to both love men and live under patriarchy — something writers, philosophers, and essayists have long been pondering. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024 Comics essayist and Batman historian Chris Sims offers a theory. Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024 The latter film looks at a seminal period in the life of James Baldwin, the extraordinary essayist, novelist and playwright who was born 100 years ago this year. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for essayist 

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First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of essayist was in 1601

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“Essayist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essayist. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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essayist

noun
es·​say·​ist ˈes-ˌā-əst How to pronounce essayist (audio)
: a writer of essays
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