obituarist
- a word derived from obituary.
Example Sentences
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An artisan of the aphorism as well as a luminous book reviewer and obituarist, he is a considerably more complicated thinker than the tweedy, bow-tied conservative persona he tends to project on TV.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
His friend Dr. Eric Schneider, to whom it is dedicated, told his obituarist, Paul Vitello, that the book “helped him remember who he was.”
From The New Yorker • Jan. 2, 2019
He also was The Times’ chief obituary writer from 2000 to 2006, and then a freelance obituarist until his retirement in 2014.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2018
Such premature publication is the nightmare of every newspaper obituarist.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2016
The peculiar prominence he has attained," remarked an obituarist, "has not always been of an enviable description.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace
