lyrist

American  

[lahyuhr-ist, lir-ist] / ˈlaɪər ɪst, ˈlɪr ɪst /

noun

1. a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies their own vocals with a lyre.

2. a lyric poet.

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lyrist British  

noun

1. a person who plays the lyre

2. another word for lyricist

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Etymology

Origin of lyrist

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin lyristēs, from Greek lyristḗs; see lyre, -ist

Example Sentences

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

Ramon Zambrana, who, by-the-way, married the poetess Do�a Luisa Perez de Monte de Oca, is a lyrist of the first rank.

From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard

The great master thereof in the early Renaissance, the lyrist, if I may use the word, of the fifteenth century, is of course Botticelli.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon

We can, with comparative ease, recognise Burns himself in his works; for Burns is a lyrist, pouring out his own feelings in song, often alluding to himself, and generally under personal agitation when he writes.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

Related Words

• artist
• author
• dramatist
• lyricist
• writer