- litterateur (n.)
[litterateur 词源字典]
- "a literary man," 1806, from French littérateur, from Latin litterator "a grammarian, philologist," from littera "letter" (see letter (n.1)). Sometimes Englished as literator (1630s, often with a deprecatory sense). Fem. form is littératrice.[litterateur etymology, litterateur origin, 英语词源]