Definitions for playwright
ˈpleɪˌraɪtplay·wright

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. dramatist, playwrightnoun

   someone who writes plays

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1. playwrightnoun

   A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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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How to pronounce playwright?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Life is always what you make of it, although it's often full of surprises and unexpected twists. Playwright William Shakespeare wrote that Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In actuality, your life is a story written by no one else but you; and it's always up to you to make it interesting, worthwhile, and wonderful.

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