I warned you that I had been told of his being somewhat of a 'prosateur' at his Club. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883)] Reference
We do not even possess any equivalent of the French "prosateur," though I see no reason why "prosator" should not be used. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
More than one “prosateur” has affected to despise poetry; in reference to which propensity, we may call to mind the bon-mot of Montaigne: “We cannot attain to poetry; let us revenge ourselves by abusing it.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Mallarmé called him, 'le prosateur ouvragé par excellence de ce temps.'. From Wordnik.com. [Figures of Several Centuries] Reference
Cicero is diffuse, and often affords little more than small-talk on abstract topics; Tacitus a brilliant but affected prosateur, Caesar a dull and uninspiring author. From Wordnik.com. [From a College Window] Reference
‘patrie’, Denis Sauvage ‘jurisconsulte’, Menage ‘gracieux’ (at least so Voltaire affirms) and ‘prosateur’, Desportes ‘pudeur’. From Wordnik.com. [English Past and Present] Reference
“To the hero of the day,” he said, “to the young poet who combines the gift of the prosateur with the charm and poetic faculty of Petrarch in that sonnet-form which. From Wordnik.com. [Eve and David] Reference
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