Meaning & use
Panegyrist
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A person who writes or delivers a formal, elaborate speech or piece of writing in praise of someone or something.
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The court panegyrist composed lavish verses celebrating the king's victories.
Critics dismissed the biography as the work of a panegyrist rather than an objective historian.
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Related to 'panegyric,' from the Greek for a public assembly speech of praise.
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eulogistpraise-singer
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