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encomiast

Word definitions for encomiast in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a person who delivers an encomium or eulogy

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Greek enkomiastes "one who praises," from enkomiazein , from enkomion (see encomium ). Related: Encomiastic (1590s).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Encomiast \En*co"mi*ast\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to praise, fr. ? encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium .] One who praises; a panegyrist. --Locke.