单词 | obituarist |
释义 | obituaristn. The writer of a person's obituary; a professional writer of obituaries. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > writer of obituaries death-hunter1723 obituarist1792 necrographer1861 obituarian1909 the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [noun] > writer of obituarist1792 necrologist1803 necrographer1861 obituarian1909 1792 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis (rev. ed.) ii. 183 When the tomb claims his limbs shall th' Obituarists say, Where's now his successor, so brilliant—so gay? 1831 New-Eng. Mag. Dec. 469 While one of our own kindred and brethren..has hardly been mentioned by an obituarist or historian. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. 262 The obituarists of Charles Dickens have some of them felt bound to defend him against the charge of being vulgar. 1905 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 178 The obituarists seem hardly to do justice to the intensely interesting personality of Irving in private life. 1961 P. Fleming Bayonets to Lhasa 295 ‘The man’ wrote one of his obituarists ‘was greater than his message.’ 1985 P. Ziegler Mountbatten ii. xvi. 217 His comments were not always equally flattering when the obligations of the obituarist did not lie upon him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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