pamphleteer

noun

Definition of pamphleteernext
as in essayist

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Recent Examples of pamphleteer To be a good poet or pamphleteer, like Thomas Paine or Samuel Johnson, requires a kind of day-to-day daring, with triumphs made in conversation and correspondence; a good banker or stockbroker makes his in columns of numbers. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026 Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured. — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2026 Turning from his father’s trade of corset-making, Paine tried his hand at business, met and impressed Benjamin Franklin in London, sailed to America, and there found his true metier as a pamphleteer and radical. — Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 Even with all his diplomatic ties, Franklin was powerless to assist Platt because of the Treason Act’s suspension of habeas corpus. Advertisement Newspaper editors and pamphleteers circulated stories about the horrible conditions in the British prisons holding thousands of Americans. — Time, 9 July 2025 However Elena’s modelling career takes off, while Eddie spends his days wandering the streets of New York getting into fights with pamphleteers. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 May 2024 His politics have been likened to those of William Cobbett, the English pamphleteer and working-class advocate. — Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pamphleteer
  1. essayist
  2. novelist
  3. dramatist
  4. playwright
  5. storyteller
  6. satirist
  7. fictionist
  8. autobiographer
Noun
  • Neal Ascherson encountered some of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies as a veteran, journalist, essayist, historian, novelist, and political activist.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Growing up in the foothills of eastern Kentucky as a compulsive reader and full-time hillbilly, I was instinctively attracted, like most literary-minded country folk, to the work of essayist, novelist, and poet, Wendell Berry.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of essayist
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  • Growing up in the foothills of eastern Kentucky as a compulsive reader and full-time hillbilly, I was instinctively attracted, like most literary-minded country folk, to the work of essayist, novelist, and poet, Wendell Berry.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Things get spicy when Lowen grows closer to the novelist's husband (Josh Hartnett) and discovers dark bits about Verity's past.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of novelist
Noun
  • Since Don Juan was introduced in 1630 by dramatist Tirso de Molina, the Spanish Lothario has appeared in numerous re-interpretations, but perhaps the most important debuted a century ago.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
  • One of Gary Graves’ biggest strengths as a dramatist is that nary a word feels wasteful when written by him.
    — Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dramatist
Noun
  • Bunker Every time French playwright Florian Zeller directs a movie, the gods flip a coin.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Braun stars as Jeremy Perrick, the son of a famous American playwright who has spent his whole life in the shadow of his celebrated father.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of playwright
Noun
  • On the other hand, our commitment to great content is matched by our commitment to acceptance – to every story, every storyteller, and no blacklists, no exceptions, for anyone.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly everything else, this pair of professional storytellers already had.
    — Caroline Randall Williams, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of storyteller
Noun
  • Ancient writers like the first-century satirist Martial described foricae as a hub for socialization.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Farage's main opponent is Count Binface, a political satirist posing as a comic space alien, with a keen interest in earthly matters, including the positioning of a hand dryer in the men's toilet in a pub in west London.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of satirist
Noun
  • As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of fictionist
Noun
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
Definition of autobiographer

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