Essayist


[es-ey-ist] /ˈɛs eɪ ɪst/

noun
1.
a writer of .
/ˈɛseɪɪst/
noun
1.
a person who writes essays
n.

c.1600, from essay (n.) + -ist. French essayiste (19c.) is from English.

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