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| censor |
a critic or detractor. [1/6 definitions] |
| crit |
shortened form of "critic" or "criticism." |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, esp. of established institutions and policies. [1/3 definitions] |
| George Bernard Shaw |
an Irish-born British playwright and critic (b.1856--d.1950). |
| hatchet man |
a writer or critic who maliciously attacks people to destroy their reputations. [1/3 definitions] |
| H.G. Wells |
British author and social critic, born Herman George Wells, celebrated for developing the genre of science fiction. |
| Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy |
Russian author and social critic (b.1828--d.1910). |
| man of letters |
a man whose occupation or avocation is in literature, esp. as a writer, critic, scholar, or translator. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. [1/3 definitions] |
| Samuel Johnson |
an English author, lexicographer, and critic (b.1709--d.1784). |
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