librettist

English Thesaurus

1. author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta (noun.person)

hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	gilbert, sir william gilbert, william gilbert, william s. gilbert, william schwenk gilbert,
definition	:	a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) (noun.person)

derivation	:	libretto,
definition	:	the words of an opera or musical play (noun.communication)

derivation	:	libretto,
definition	:	the words of an opera or musical play (noun.communication)