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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 panegyricsplay

  Familiarity information: PANEGYRIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PANEGYRIST (noun)


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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