romancern.

Etymology: < romance v. + -er suffix¹, in sense 1 perhaps after Old French romanceour (c1175), Middle French, French romancier (c1334), both in sense ‘person who writes in the Romance language, i.e. in French’; the specific sense ‘writer of romances’ is apparently unparalleled in French, although compare the possible onomastic evidence below, as well as French romancier writer of novels (1669). Compare Italian romanziere writer of romances (1666), and also Spanish romancero collection of romances (late 16th cent.).Earlier currency of the word in English is perhaps implied by the mention of Vives le Romaunzur of Warwick, a 13th-cent. English Jew who may have been a ballad singer, in the Calendar of the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, although it is possible that this name may reflect currency of the word in Anglo-Norman. In form romanzer perhaps after Italian romanziere (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: see above).