C1nounformalarts
US/ˈdræm.ə.tɪst/
UK/ˈdræm.ə.tɪst/
a person who writes plays for the theater, radio or television
In context
Luu Quang Vu is one of Vietnam's best-known dramatists.
The dramatist rewrote the final scene after the first rehearsal.
Shakespeare is often called the greatest dramatist in English.
Words that go with dramatist
adjective + noun
- great dramatistIbsen was a great dramatist who changed modern theater.
- young dramatistThe festival gives prizes to a young dramatist each year.
- leading dramatistHe became the country's leading dramatist in the 1980s.
- Elizabethan dramatistMarlowe was an Elizabethan dramatist and a friend of Shakespeare.
noun + noun
- dramatist and poetShe was a dramatist and poet who also taught at the university.