legendistn.
/ˈlɛdʒ(ə)ndɪst/, U.S. /ˈlɛdʒəndəst/ A writer of legends.
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1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome vii. 145 Might not she as well liue in the habit of a man vndiscouered, as your Euphrasina, Mariana, Melania, with some others whereof your Legendists make mention.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 472 Lying Legendists.
1793 S. Pegge Life Robert Grosseteste App. 309 Thus, the legendists tell us, king Sweyn was killed..on account of the ravages he had committed at St. Edmundsbury.
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 312 This was decidedly an invention of the legendist.
1859 H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis I. Introd. p. x The Legendist..the Romancer, and the Poet.
1928 Irish Monthly 56 166 Sometimes the zeal of the legendist carried him beyond the region of strictly authenticated fact into the realm of poetic fancy.
2002 G. Klaniczay Holy Rulers & Blessed Princesses 284 Elizabeth seems to have accepted the harsh life that he led her as simply a woman's lot. This, at least, is what is suggested by her legendist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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