Definitions for PLAYWRIGHT
ˈpleɪˌraɪtplay·wright

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dramatist, playwrightnoun

   someone who writes plays

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. playwrightnoun

   A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Playwrightnoun

   A maker of plays.

   Etymology: play and wright.

   He ended much in the character he had liv’d in; and Quintus Horatius Flaccus’s rule for a play may as well be applied to him as a playwright. Alexander Pope.

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1. Playwright

   A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.

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1. playwright

   A playwright is a person who writes plays for the theater. This process involves creating the storyline, characters, dialogues, and stage directions. While the work is intended for a live performance, it is initially written in a script format. Playwrights often explore various themes and topics, using theatre as a medium to communicate their ideas or critiques to an audience.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Playwrightnoun

   a maker or adapter of plays

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1. Playwright

   A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.

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1. • Writer

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How to pronounce PLAYWRIGHT?

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How to say PLAYWRIGHT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLAYWRIGHT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLAYWRIGHT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PLAYWRIGHT in a Sentence

1. Wilson Mizner:

   A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

2. Douglas Brinkley:

   Havel oozed democracy and had seen totalitarianism up close, nobody thought Havel, a playwright, could end up being a great world leader, and he did.

3. Vivien Leigh:

   One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.

4. Arthur Miller:

   A playwright is the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about. He is a kind of psychic journalist, even when he's great.

5. James Thurber:

   If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PLAYWRIGHT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Playwright
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PLAYWRIGHT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playwright
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PLAYWRIGHT
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PLAYWRIGHT
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=PLAYWRIGHT