writer+of+fables

  • 21FLORIAN, JEAN PIERRE DE —    a French novelist and writer of fables; was the friend of Voltaire, from whom he received his first literary impulse; was the author of several romances plays, &c., but his finest work is found in his Fables, in which department of literature… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 22Phaedrus — [fē′drəs] 1st cent. A.D.; Rom. writer of fables and reputed translator of some of Aesop s fables …

    English World dictionary

  • 23Fabler — Fa bler (f[=a] bl[ e]r), n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24fabulist — noun Date: 1593 1. a creator or writer of fables 2. liar • fabulist or fabulistic adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25Château-Thierry — /sha toh tee euh ree/; Fr. /shah toh tye rddee /, n. a town in N France, on the Marne River: scene of heavy fighting 1918. 13,856. * * * ▪ France       town, northeast France, Aisne département, Picardy région, east northeast of Paris. It is… …

    Universalium

  • 26Tonson, Jacob — ▪ British publisher born 1656? died April 2, 1736, Ledbury, Eng.       publisher in London who issued (1697) John Dryden (Dryden, John) s translation of Virgil, believed to be the first English publishing venture to earn considerable money for… …

    Universalium

  • 27fabler — noun A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods …

    Wiktionary

  • 28Neorealism —    The goal of neorealist writers and artists was to represent ordinary working class life faithfully and find poetry in the lives of the poor and oppressed. This emphasis on working class experience was influenced by the theories of the… …

    Historical Dictionary of modern Italy

  • 29Aesop — n. (620 560 B.C.) Greek writer of fables …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30Aesopian — adj. of or pertaining to Aesop, characteristic of Aesop (Greek writer of fables) …

    English contemporary dictionary