playwright
pronunciation
How to pronounce playwright in British English:
UK [ˈpleɪraɪt]
How to pronounce playwright in American English:
US [ˈpleɪraɪt]
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- Noun:
- someone who writes plays
Word Origin
- playwright (n.)
- 1680s, from play (n.) + wright.
Example
- 1. Stefan was 27 , an up-and-coming poet and playwright .
- 2. Moliere , the french playwright wrote a play called tartuffe .
- 3. But how much do you actually know about the world 's most famous playwright ?
- 4. The irish poet and playwright william butler yeats was born this day in 1865 , in dublin , ireland .
- 5. Nine nigerians , including relatives of ken saro-wiwa , a playwright , accused shell of complicity in human-rights abuses .