elegist

[ el-i-jist ]

noun

Origin of elegist

First recorded in 1765–75; eleg(y) + -ist

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Cohen is still our elegist for the ages, even when his song spanned several cultural moments.
Excuse Me For Not Dying: Leonard Cohen at 80 | David Yaffe | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
From an idyllist and elegist we find him suddenly transformed into an unsparing master of poetical satire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 | Various
Callinus of Ephesus, who flourished in the 7th century, is the earliest elegist of whom we possess fragments.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 | Various
That is the peasant elegist's way of speaking of a sudden death, caused very likely by the chill of nightfall.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
The fashion demanded that the elegist be learned in Greek mythology.
A History of Roman Literature | Harold North Fowler

Among this group was Bouilhet, the elegist, the poet of moonlight and ruins.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert

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