Plural of essayer; multiple people who write essays or attempt experimental works.
Plural form of essayer, adding -s to the French-rooted agent noun meaning 'one who attempts.'
The plural 'essayers' is so rare that most people would just say 'essayists' instead—it's a word that almost got squeezed out of English by a fancier French-sounding alternative!
Plural form of 'essayer' carries forward the gendered linguistic patterns of the singular, reflecting historical assumptions about who authors experimental prose.
Replace with 'essayists' or 'essay writers' for modern clarity and inclusivity.
["essayists","essay writers","practitioners"]
Women essayists including Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin's contemporaries, and contemporary writers have been systematically underrepresented in canonical essay collections, though they pioneered the form in many traditions.
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