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PANEGYRIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does panegyrist mean?
• PANEGYRIST (noun)
The noun PANEGYRIST has 1 sense:
1. an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
Familiarity information: PANEGYRIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
eulogist; panegyrist
Hypernyms ("panegyrist" is a kind of...):
orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)
Derivation:
panegyric (a formal expression of praise)
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