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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Novelist

· Nov·el·ist · IPA /ˈnɑvəlɪst/
01 n. An innovator; an asserter of novelty.
  1. 1.
    An innovator; an asserter of novelty.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A writer of news.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A writer of a novel or novels.