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Antonyms for romancer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans; verb roh-mans
Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns; verb roʊˈmæns

Definition of romancer

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "chronicler writing in French," from Old French romanceour, from romanz (see romance (n.)). Later, "one inclined to romantic imagination" (the main sense 19c.); modern use for "seducer, wooer" of a romantic quality appears to be a new formation c.1967 from romance (v.).
  • As in visionary : noun person who dreams, is idealistic
  • As in idealist : noun person who holds fancies in mind, who believes in perfection
Example sentences :
  • Hawthorne—it has been pointed out a hundred times—is the Puritan romancer.
  • Extract from : « Four Americans » by Henry A. Beers
  • “One must in justice admit that there is some provocation,” continued the romancer.
  • Extract from : « Beasts and Super-Beasts » by Saki
  • He is distinguished alike as a critic, a poet, and a romancer.
  • Extract from : « Immortal Memories » by Clement Shorter
  • It must not be forgotten that Theydon was a romancer, an idealist.
  • Extract from : « Number Seventeen » by Louis Tracy
  • The bishop's name would have slept with his fathers, the romancer is remembered.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by Robert Lovell
  • The romancer has an incontestable advantage over the historian.
  • Extract from : « The Freebooters » by Gustave Aimard
  • And though the story is true, yet it took a romancer to do it.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop » by George Parsons Lathrop
  • There is room, he said, for the romancer in these matters; but for the humourist, none.
  • Extract from : « The Stoneground Ghost Tales » by E. G. Swain
  • Mickey Vickins is a romancer, declared one of the highbrows.
  • Extract from : « Droll Stories of Isthmian Life » by Evelyn Saxton
  • This is either an inspiration of a romancer's imagination or a study.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various

Synonyms for romancer

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