Usually means: Writer who creates stage plays.
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  1. playwright: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. playwright: Merriam-Webster
  3. playwright: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. playwright: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. playwright: Collins English Dictionary
  6. playwright: Vocabulary.com
  7. Playwright, playwright: Wordnik
  8. playwright: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. playwright: Wiktionary
  10. playwright: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. playwright: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. playwright: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Playwright, playwright: Dictionary.com
  14. playwright: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Playwright, The Playwright: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Playwright: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. playwright: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. playwright: Rhymezone
  19. playwright: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. playwright: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. playwright: FreeDictionary.org
  22. playwright: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. playwright: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. playwright: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. playwright: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

Similar:
dramatist, playwriter, dramaturgist, playmaker, dramaturge, photoplaywright, stagewright, comedian, tragedian, teleplaywright, more...

Opposite:
actor, director, producer, stagehand, designer

Types:
Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Miller, Williams, Albee, more...

Phrases:
irish playwright, french playwright, playwright henrik, playwright friel, playwright capek, more...

Adjectives:
american, young, successful, english, great, french, famous, popular, irish, modern, german

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Similar:
dramatist, playwriter, dramaturgist, playmaker, dramaturge, photoplaywright, stagewright, comedian, tragedian, teleplaywright, more...

Opposite:
actor, director, producer, stagehand, designer

Types:
Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Miller, Williams, Albee, more...

Phrases:
irish playwright, french playwright, playwright henrik, playwright friel, playwright capek, playwright noel, more...

Adjectives:
american, young, successful, english, great, french, famous, popular, irish, modern, german

Colors:
    black,     white,     red,     blue,     green, more...



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