LITTERATEUR Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

litterateur

noun

ˌli-tə-rə-ˈtər

variants or littérateur

Definition of litterateur

as in writer

a person who creates a written work Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent

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Recent Examples of litterateur Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs. — Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 7 Mar. 2025 The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en. — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021 Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019

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Information for this article was contributed by staff writers of The Associated Press and Constant Méheut of The New York Times.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
One of Bilton and Weiss’s signature new on-air hires is the conservative writer Ross Douthat, formerly an opinion columnist for the Times.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

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This realization has helped lead to the creation of a bench with life-size statues of 19th century author Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife Fanny Stevenson and their Irish setter cocker spaniel ChuChu.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The author argued that the unrest reflected deeper failures by France’s political establishment.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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