novelists
SayNOV-uh-listsUS/ˈnɑvəlɪsts/UK/ˈnɒvəlɪsts/
- 1Plural of novelist.
Three contemporary novelists were shortlisted for the prize this year.
The panel brought together novelists, poets, and literary critics for a frank discussion.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s and no change to the stem, so writers of fiction need no special handling in spelling. Something older hides behind it, though: the singular once meant an innovator, someone who brings in or favors what is new, a sense now obsolete. In early texts, a company of novelists may be a band of innovators rather than authors of novels.
novelists is a form of novelist
novelist, noun: An author who writes novels, that is, book-length works of prose fiction. Full entry
- Forms
- novelistnovelists plural
- Spelling
- novelist → novelists: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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