lyrist
Americannoun
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a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies their own vocals with a lyre.
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a lyric poet.
noun
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a person who plays the lyre
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another word for lyricist
Etymology
Origin of lyrist
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin lyristēs, from Greek lyristḗs; see lyre, -ist
Example Sentences
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Famously, Orfeo, a master poet, singer and lyrist, convincingly serenades Caronte, followed by Pluto, lord of the underworld, begging that love beat death, that his wife go home with him across the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2018
A lyrist playing to a herd of cows masticating their own ignorance, Bella often thought.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
How could that lyrist be harsh in his diction, who almost draws tears from our eyes, while his melodious lines and picturing epithets are remembered by his readers?
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
He divides with Gray the glory of being the greatest English lyrist of the 18th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Ramsay, according to this basis of distinction, was, as has been said, rather a song-writer than a lyrist.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
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