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epitomist

American  
[ih-pit-uh-mist] / ɪˈpɪt ə mɪst /

noun

  1. a person who writes an epitome.


Etymology

Origin of epitomist

First recorded in 1605–15; epitom(e) + -ist

Example Sentences

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An epitomist of Church History has a task of no ordinary greatness....

From Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

It must foreshorten its pictures by abstractions, and this includes not merely the omission of events and deeds, but whatever is involved in the fact that Thought is, after all, the most trenchant epitomist.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

Perhaps an epitomist may be excused for not doing equal justice all round.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold