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Catalan assagista
- assagistaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Chinese Cantonese 散文家
- 散文家 (saan² man⁴ gaa¹)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Chinese Mandarin 散文家
- 散文家 (sǎnwénjiā)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Czech esejista
- esejistaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Dutch essayist
- essayistone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Esperanto eseisto
- eseistoone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Finnish esseisti
- esseistione who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
French essayiste
- essayisteone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
German Essayist, Essayistin
- Essayistone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- Essayistinone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Greek δοκιμιογράφος
- δοκιμιογράφος (dokimiográfos)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Icelandic ritgerðari
- ritgerðarione who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Irish aistí, scríbhneoir aistí
- aistíone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- scríbhneoir aistíone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Italian saggista
- saggistaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Japanese エッセイスト
- エッセイスト (esseisuto)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Persian مقالهنویس
- مقالهنویس (maqâle-nevis)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Polish eseista, eseistka
- eseistaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- eseistkaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Portuguese ensaísta
- ensaístaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Romanian eseist, eseistă
- eseistone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- eseistăone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Russian очерки́ст, очерки́стка
- очерки́ст (očerkíst)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- очерки́стка (očerkístka)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- эссеи́ст (essɛíst)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- эссеи́стка (essɛístka)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Scottish Gaelic aistear
- aistearone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Spanish ensayista
- ensayistaone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Swedish essäist, essäförfattare
- essäistone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- essäförfattareone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Turkish denemeci, deneme yazarı
- denemecione who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- deneme yazarıone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Ukrainian есеї́ст, есеї́стка
- есеї́ст (esejíst)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
- есеї́стка (esejístka)one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Welsh traethodwr
- traethodwrone who composes essays; a writer of short compositions
Cite this entry
APA
essayist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essayist
MLA
“essayist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essayist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “essayist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essayist.
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