Category:Novelist

Nov"el*ist, n.

1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [obs.] Cudworth.

2. Etym: [cf. F. nouvelliste, it. novellista.]

Defn: a writer of news. [obs.] Tatler (178).

3. Etym: [cf. F. nouvelliste.]

Defn: a writer of a novel or novels.