Hypertext Webster Gateway: "novelist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Novelist \Nov"el*ist\, n.
1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
2. [Cf. F. nouvelliste, It. novellista.] A writer of news.
[Obs.] --Tatler (178).
3. [Cf. F. nouvelliste.] A writer of a novel or novels.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
novelist
n : someone who writes novels
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