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
It is Petrarch's peculiar glory to have held two equally illustrious places in the history of modern civilization, as the final lyrist of chivalrous love and as the founder of the Renaissance.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
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
Different, indeed, is the case when we come to consider Ramsay as a song-writer and a lyrist.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
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