"essayist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-essayist.ogg [US] Forms: essayists [plural]
Etymology: From essay + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|essay|ist}} essay + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} essayist (plural essayists)
  1. One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions. Categories (topical): Authors, Occupations, People Coordinate_terms: author, novelist Translations (one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions): assagista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 散文家 (sǎnwénjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), esejista [masculine] (Czech), essayist [masculine] (Dutch), eseisto (Esperanto), esseisti (Finnish), essayiste [feminine, masculine] (French), ensaísta [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Essayist [masculine] (German), Essayistin [feminine] (German), δοκιμιογράφος (dokimiográfos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), aistí [masculine] (Irish), scríbhneoir aistí [masculine] (Irish), saggista [masculine] (Italian), エッセイスト (esseisuto) (Japanese), مقالهنویس (maqâle-nevis) (Persian), eseista [masculine] (Polish), eseistka [feminine] (Polish), ensaísta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), eseist [masculine] (Romanian), eseistă [feminine] (Romanian), очерки́ст (očerkíst) [masculine] (Russian), очерки́стка (očerkístka) [feminine] (Russian), эссеи́ст (essɛíst) [masculine] (Russian), эссеи́стка (essɛístka) [feminine] (Russian), ensayista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), essäist [common-gender] (Swedish), essäförfattare [common-gender] (Swedish), denemeci (Turkish), deneme yazarı (Turkish), есеї́ст (esejíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), есеї́стка (esejístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), traethodwr [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "есеї́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "traethodwr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "essayist"
}

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