lyrist
Americannoun
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a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies their own vocals with a lyre.
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a lyric poet.
noun
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a person who plays the lyre
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another word for lyricist
Etymology
Origin of lyrist
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin lyristēs, from Greek lyristḗs; see lyre, -ist
Example Sentences
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RT. would oblige me, as well as other admirers of "the sweet Lyrist of Peter-house," by furnishing an example or two of the latter's obligations to the bishop.
Lyrist as he is and subjective, Jeremiah dwells not so much upon the attributes of God on which faith rests as upon the effects of faith in man.
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir
That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepid standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau!
From Poems 1817 by Keats, John
Bivouac; or, Martial Lyrist, with an Appendix—Advice to the Soldier.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
That blasphemed the bright Lyrist face to face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau!
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
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