- A composer of fables.
- A teller of tales; a liar.
[French fabuliste, from Latin fābula, fable. See fable.]
fabulist
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fab·u·list (făb'yə-lĭst)  |
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noun
- One who tells lies: fabricator, falsifier, fibber, liar, prevaricator. Informal storyteller. Law perjurer. See true/false.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a person who tells or invents fables
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| Aesop (Greek fabulist) |
| Babrius (Ancient Greek novelist) |
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