"scenarist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scenarists [plural]
Etymology: From scenar(io) + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|scenario|-ist|alt1=scenar(io)}} scenar(io) + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} scenarist (plural scenarists)
  1. (cinematography) A writer of screenplays; a screenwriter. Categories (topical): Cinematography, Occupations Translations (writer of screenplays): skenaristi (Finnish), senarist (Turkish)

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