"prosateur" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prosateurs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French prosateur, from prose + -ateur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|prosateur}} French prosateur, {{af|fr|prose|-ateur}} prose + -ateur Head templates: {{en-noun}} prosateur (plural prosateurs)
  1. A writer of French prose.

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