Meaning of PANEGYRIST
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[n] an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics |
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PANEGYRIST is a 10 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | eulogist |
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| | See Also: | | orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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