"novelist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɑvəlɪst/ [US], /ˈnɒvəlɪst/ [UK] Forms: novelist [singular], novelists [plural]
Etymology: novel + -ist Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|novel|ist}} novel + -ist Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A novelist is a person who writes novels, a collection of short stories.
    Sense id: simple-novelist-en-noun-XmeEk69y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ist
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