"fabulist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæbjəlɪst/ Forms: fabulists [plural]
Etymology: From French fabuliste. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fabuliste}} French fabuliste Head templates: {{en-noun}} fabulist (plural fabulists)
  1. A person who writes or tells fables. Translations (one who writes or tells fables): баснописец (basnopisec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sadunkertoja (Finnish), satusetä (Finnish), Fabeldichter [masculine] (German), Fabeldichterin [feminine] (German), fabhalscéalaí [masculine] (Irish), bajkopisarz [masculine] (Polish), bajkopis [masculine] (Polish), bajopis [masculine] (Polish), fabulista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fabulist-en-noun-XmRDSZIT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'one who writes or tells fables': 95 5
  2. (figurative) A liar. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People Translations (a liar): fablisto [singular] (Esperanto), satuilija (Finnish), satusetä (Finnish), mythomane [feminine, masculine] (French), Fabulierer [masculine] (German), Fabuliererin [feminine] (German), blagier [masculine] (Polish), blagierka [feminine] (Polish), kłamca (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fabulist-en-noun-gZKcVYJO Disambiguation of People: 25 75 Disambiguation of 'a liar': 7 93

Inflected forms

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