horrorist

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noun

A writer of horror.

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Meanings

nounhorrorist (plural horrorists)

plural horrorists

  1. A writer of horror.

    […] English literature between Milton and Wordsworth: the side that has recently been illuminated, the so-called impressionistic, sentimental, and even Gothic strain celebrating Milton, Thomson, Young, Gray, and some of the Gothic horrorists.

    1974, The Eighteenth Century, volumes 16-17, page 250

Origin

From horror + -ist.

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APA

horrorist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrorist

MLA

“horrorist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrorist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horrorist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrorist.

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