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panegyrist


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Panegyrist  \Pan"e*gyr`ist\,  n.  [L.  panegyrista,  Gr  ?  one  who 
  attends  a  ?:  cf  ?  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. 
 
  If  these  panegyrists  are  in  earnest.  --Burke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  panegyrist 
  n  :  an  orator  who  delivers  eulogies  or  panegyrics  [syn:  {eulogist}] 




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