a writer or speaker noted for using irony frequently
ironist in American English
(ˈairənɪst)
noun
a person who uses irony habitually, esp. a writer
Word origin
[1720–30; iron(y)1 + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arrangement, catchword, fantail, joker, personify-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: apologist, dramatist, novelist, realist, socialist
Examples of 'ironist' in a sentence
ironist
What an irony that our supreme ironist has been so badly misunderstood and misrepresented.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The life of an ironist was never easy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He's a history-remaker, an eclectic, an ironist, with bags of self-reflexive knowledge and knowhow.