"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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fabulistic

Inflected forms

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