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fabulator|ˈfæbjʊleɪtə(r)|
[a. L. fābulātor, agent-n. f. fābulārī (see fabulate).]
One who fabulates or relates fables; a story-teller.
1604Aberdeen Reg. 24 Oct. (Spalding Club) II. 264 He that happinnis to be fabulatour, to bring his candill with him. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §17. 298 Looking upon this Orpheus, not as a meer Fanciful Poet and Fabulator. 1701Grew Cosm. Sacra iv. iii. 170 An historical Point, which no Fabulator would have thought of. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. iii. 163 He desired the fabulator to tell him longer stories. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 72 The great then had fabulators or tale-tellers, as royalty has now..its readers. |