allegorist

[ al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist ]

/ ˈæl ɪˌgɔr ɪst, -ˌgoʊr-, ˈæl ɪ gər ɪst /

a person who uses or writes allegory.

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First recorded in 1675–85; allegor(ize) + -ist

Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable.
Among Famous Books|John Kelman
The allegorizer requires an allegorist to interpret him aright.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich
Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes|Israel Zangwill
We need not be so dense as to require the allegorist to say to us in so many words: "This is a parable."
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon|Walter Adeney

To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark