1. The writer of an essay or essays.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• messyist,
• easyist,
• esayest,
• easeyist,
• elegyist,
• wssayist,
• sssayist,
• dssayist,
• rssayist,
• 4ssayist,
• 3ssayist,
• easayist,
• ezsayist,
• exsayist,
• essaayist,
• essyist,
• essaist,
• esseyist,
• euphyist,
• essaists

The adjective form of the word "essayist" is "essayistic".

The plural of the "essayist" can be the "essayists".

The singular of the "essayist" can be the "essayist".