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n. The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays; a playwright.
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n. someone who writes plays
Word Usage
"At this point the faint suggestion you might be a self dramatist is announced sotto voce by the clarinet and the motif gathers to full orchestral grandeur as you proceed."