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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ.ɡʁə li.te.ʁɛʁ/ ~ /ne.ɡʁə li.te.ʁɛʁ/
Noun
nègre littéraire m (plural nègres littéraires)
- (now sometimes offensive) ghostwriter
- Synonym: prête-plume
1892, Jules Renard, L'écornifleur:Je travaillais, comme toujours, en regardant par l’œil-de-bœuf la danse des flots de la mer. C’est ma petite pénitence de chaque matin. Je l’ai demandée moi-même et la fais scrupuleusement, entière. Il y va de ma réputation de piocheur, de nègre littéraire.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
The preferred form for ghostwriter is prête-plume, as the former element nègre in this term has pejorative connotations.