Essayist

Noun

 * 1) One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.
 * She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

Adjectives
critical; classical; aggressive.

Thesaurus
advertising writer, annalist, art critic, author, authoress, belletrist, bibliographer, coauthor, collaborator, columnist, compiler, composer, copywriter, creative writer, critic, dance critic, descanter, diarist, discourser, disquisitor, drama critic, dramatist, encyclopedist, expositor, free lance, free-lance writer, ghost, ghostwriter, humorist, inditer, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, man of letters, monographer, monographist, music critic, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, pamphleteer, penwoman, poet, prose writer, reviewer, scenario writer, scenarist, scribe, scriptwriter, short-story writer, storyteller, technical writer, tractation, word painter, wordsmith, writer

Etymology
From

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: δοκιμιογράφος
 * Russian: очеркист, эссеист
 * Spanish: