the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A maker or adapter of plays.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A writer or adapter of plays for the stage.
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n. someone who writes plays
Word Usage
"The playwright is clearly striving for Dennis Potter style moments of rapture; sadly he achieves only a bizarre and unintentional effect of Pinteresque non sequitur."