satirist

[ sat-er-ist ]

/ ˈsæt ər ɪst /

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noun

a writer of satires.

one who indulges in satire.

Nearby words

Origin of satirist

First recorded in 1580–90; satire + -ist

Related formsself-sat·i·rist, noun

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Examples from the Web for satirist

Because ultimately Westlake was not this kind of writer, or that kind, not a crime writer, or a satirist, or a comedian.
Donald E. Westlake, The Man With The Getaway Face|Malcolm Jones|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dieudonné, the ‘performance artist’ banned by the French high court, was not a satirist or comedian of any kind.
The French Were Right to Ban Dieudonné’s Offensive ‘Performance Art’|Bernard-Henri Lévy|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behavior.
Maggie O’Farrell’s Book Bag: 5 Favorite Irish Writers|Maggie O’Farrell|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 1605, the French satirist Thomas Artus published a strange book called The Island of Hermaphrodites.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’|Bee Wilson|October 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST

So Portnoy—or so it seemed—was the satirist par excellence, particularly of the American Jewish comedy.
Who Is Philip Roth’s Portnoy Satirizing?|Bernard Avishai|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Their mode of procedure is shown at a butcher's stall, according to the satirist's view of their patriotic exertions.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume|Joseph Grego
But without an appeal to conscience the satirist has no locus standi.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
The mantle of the satirist preacher which had fallen from Horace found no worthy claimant for nearly half a century.
Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman|Frank Justus Miller
But it was above all as a satirist that Mackay excelled during his lifetime.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
His gifts as a satirist were already known, and he was warmly received by the king, whom he followed to Newark.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for satirist

satirist

/ (ˈsætərɪst) /

noun

a person who writes satire

a person given to the use of satire

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Word Origin and History for satirist