Panegyrist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Panegyrist \Pan"e*gyr`ist\, n. [L. panegyrista, Gr.
     panhgyristh`s, one who attends a panh`gyris: cf.
     panhgyri`zein to celebrate or attend a public festival, to
     make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly.
     See {Panegyric}.]
     One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or


     praises, either by writing or speaking.
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           If these panegyrists are in earnest.     --Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  panegyrist
       n : an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics [syn: {eulogist}]