belletrist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres

Word forms

belletrist belletrists

Etymology

Borrowed from German Belletrist, coined by Goethe. Equivalent to belles-lettres + -ist.

Derived words

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