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lyrist|ˈlɪrɪst|
[ad. L. lyrist-a, ad. Gr. λυριστής, f. λύρα lyre.]
1. A player on the lyre; one who sings and accompanies himself on the lyre.
1656Blount Glossogr., Lyrist, a Harper, or one that sings to the Harp. 1725Pope Odyss. xxiii. 133 While the sweet lyrist airs of rapture sings. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. 163 In the early Times, the Offices of Poet and Lyrist were united in the same Person. 1811Busby Dict. Mus. Introd. vi, David, it appears, was the best lyrist of his time. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VII. lv. 3 The long loose robe was the garb also of the lyrist.
2. A lyric poet.
1813Eustace Class. Tour (1821) II. vii. 240 The hills, the woods..which so often inspired the Roman Lyrist. 1821Shelley Adonais xxx, From her wilds Ierne sent The sweetest lyrist of her saddest wrong. 1856Masson Ess. i. 9 Burns is a lyrist, pouring out his own feelings in song. |