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French
Etymology
From écrivant + -eur.
Pronunciation
Noun
écriveur m (plural écriveurs, feminine écriveuse)
- (colloquial) writer, hack
- Coordinate terms: écrivain, écrivaillon
1902, René Doumic, “Un nouveau livre sur Stendhal”, in Revue des Deux Mondes, volume 5, number 8, pages 444–455:Beyle, écrit M. Chuquet, fut un amateur et un fantaisiste plutôt qu’un artiste, un original plutôt qu’un écrivain original, un écriveur plutôt qu’un écrivain.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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