Crossword clues for allegorist
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allegorist
Allegorist \Al"le*go*rist\, n. [Cf. F. allegoriste.]
One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.
--Hume.
Wiktionary
allegorist
n. One who speaks in, or writes, allegory.
Usage examples of "allegorist".
Cowper ventured to praise the great allegorist, but did not venture to name him.
Such allegorists claimed that whoever looked beyond their obvious meaning and read them symbolically could find hidden in them the deeper truths of natural philosophy.
The resonant allegorist takes three steps backwards, looks down, looks up again.