romancer
romancer Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person who actively courts, woos, or engages in romantic pursuits with another.
"In classic cinema, the leading actor was often cast as a charming, smooth-talking romancer."
A writer or teller of romances, chivalric tales, or imaginative fiction.
"The nineteenth-century author considered himself a literary romancer rather than a strict realist."
A person who indulges in fanciful exaggeration, daydreams, or invented stories.
"Everyone knew the old sailor was a habitual romancer whose tales of sea monsters grew wilder every year."
• Rhymes for romancer
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in Middle English as 'romansour', borrowed from Old French 'romanceor', originally referring to a composer or reciter of chivalric verse tales written in the vernacular Romance language rather than Latin.