Meaning of prosateur | Babel Free

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A writer of French prose.

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“As a prosateur he wrote several novels such as Madame André, Sophie, Les Braves Gens, Césarine, Les Morts Bizarres, a series of short stories.”

“He rated writers like⟳ Machiavelli higher than the prosateurs of his own⟳ time.”

“For two years, the Parisian press⟳ has been much occupied by a school of poets and prosateurs known as the "Decadents".”

“Szkilnik also shows how the prosateur's emphasis on treachery and the cruel punishment of the rebels reflect⟳ practices in which Philip of Burgundy engaged in order⟳ to put⟳ down rebellions of his own⟳, particularly in Flanders.”

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