litterateur

== English == === Alternative forms === literateur, littérateur === Etymology === From the French littérateur, from the Latin litterātor (“critic”). Doublet of literator. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtɜː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌlɪtəɹəˈtʊɚ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ) === Noun === litterateur (plural litterateurs) A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer. 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter v, page 88, footnote 4: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher, playwright and littérateur, was the boyhood tutor of the emperor Nero, and later on his adviser. ==== Derived terms ==== litterateuse ==== Translations ====