fabulist

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fabuliste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæbjəlɪst/

Noun

fabulist (plural fabulists)

1. One who writes or tells fables.
   • 1843, Abraham Lincoln, Address to the People of Illinois:

     That great fabulist and philosopher Aesop illustrated it by his fable of the bundle of sticks...

2. A liar.

Translations

one who writes or tells fables

• Finnish: sadunkertoja, satusetä
• German: Fabeldichter m, Fabeldichterin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: fabhalscéalaí m
• Spanish: fabulista m or f

a liar

• Finnish: satuilija (fi), satusetä
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Fabulierer m