encomiast
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Etymology
Origin of encomiast
1600–10; < Greek enkōmiast(ḗs), equivalent to enkōmi(on) encomi(um) + -ast ( def. )
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She needs no encomiast, star-crowned she stands, the glory of America, the admiration of the world.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
Martyr, however, was never an extravagant encomiast of the cardinal, and one may imagine much more creditable reasons, than that assigned, for his disgust with him now.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by William Hickling Prescott
His manner of extolling his royal patron as though he were speaking to a friend and comrade, whereby he raises himself from the position of an ordinary encomiast to the same level with kings.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
The blame, however, of this exaggerated praise falls on the encomiast, not upon the author; whose performances are, what they pretend to be, the effusions of a man of wit; gay, vigorous, and airy.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
Yet sometimes the patron may claim indulgence; for it does not always happen, that the encomiast has been much encouraged to his attempt.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
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