essayist

About 0.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

   She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

Similar words

litterateur elia composer editorialist epistolist compositionist wordsmith sonnetist compositor sonneteer

Often followed by

and of who in is has to on was

Word family

essayists