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dramatist

[ dram-uh-tist, drah-muh- ]

/ ˈdræm ə tɪst, ˈdrɑ mə- /

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noun

a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.

Origin of dramatist

1670–80; < Greek drāmat- (see dramatic) + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM dramatist

su·per·dram·a·tist, noun

Words nearby dramatist

dramatic irony, dramatic monologue, dramatic unities, dramatics, dramatis personae, dramatist, dramatization, dramatize, dramaturge, dramaturgy, drambuie

Example sentences from the Web for dramatist

The bias for me, as a dramatist—to go back to the bully question—is how did we become like this?

Oliver Stone on the Tyranny of Obama’s ‘Exceptional’ America |Andrew Romano |October 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The playwright Jon Fosse could avoid the curse of Henrik Ibsen to become a Norwegian dramatist Nobel laureate.

Nobel Literature Prize Favorites for Dummies, According to the Bookies |Jimmy So |October 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The first question a dramatist asks is not "Is this how it really works?"

Memo: The Aaron Sorkin Model of Political Discourse Doesn't Actually Work |Megan McArdle |April 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
“The opposition [between Left and Right] appealed to me as a dramatist,” he writes in The Secret Knowledge.

David Mamet's Right Turn |Ben Crair |May 28, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

On the political stage, Mamet is not a dramatist; he is merely acting.

David Mamet's Right Turn |Ben Crair |May 28, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Marlowe and ShakespeareMarlowe is the only dramatist of the time who is ever compared with Shakespeare.

English Literature |William J. Long
His gains in the capacity of dramatist formed the smaller source of income.

A Life of William Shakespeare |Sidney Lee
A dramatist should not permit himself to describe his characters, for in his own personality he has no proper place in the text.

Dramatic Technique |George Pierce Baker
As a dramatist, Dekker was most active between the years 1598 and 1602.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11 |Various
In scheming the sequence of incidents, and in suppressing explanatory narrative, lies the art of the dramatist.

Shakespeare in the Theatre |William Poel

British Dictionary definitions for dramatist

dramatist

/ (ˈdræmətɪst) /

noun

a writer of plays; playwright