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- Latin · derived fromlitterātor“critic”
- French · borrowed fromlittérateur
- English todaylitterateur
From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
litterateur
Today it means: A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer. Full definition →
French littérateur ← Latin litterātor