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allegorist

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

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noun

a person who uses or writes allegory.

Origin of allegorist

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for allegorist

liar, narrator, writer, raconteur, fibber, bard, minstrel, author

Examples from the Web for allegorist

Historical Examples of allegorist

The allegorizer requires an allegorist to interpret him aright.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
Norman Bentwich
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
Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Israel Zangwill
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
Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable.
Among Famous Books
John Kelman