Definition of Lyricist

1. Noun. A person who writes the words for songs.


Definition of Lyricist

1. Noun. A person who writes the lyrics of a song. ¹

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Definition of Lyricist

1. one who writes the words for songs [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyricist

lyres
lyric
lyric opera
lyric poem
lyrical
lyricality
lyrically
lyricalness
lyricalnesses
lyricise
lyricised
lyricises
lyricising
lyricism
lyricisms
lyricist (current term)
lyricists
lyricize
lyricized
lyricizes
lyricizing
lyrick
lyricless
lyricon
lyricons
lyrics
lyrid
lyrie
lyriferous
lyriform

Literary usage of Lyricist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dramatic Index for ...: Covering Articles and Illustrations Concerning edited by Anne C. Sutherland, Frederick Winthrop Faxon, Mary Estella Bates (1921)
"Johnson, Philander, lyricist. See Kissing time. Johnson, Rida Louise. ... Photoplay M. 19: See Frivolities of 1920. Jones, E. Boyd, lyricist. ..."

2. Rousseau and Romanticism by Irving Babbitt (1919)
"jected that it is not fair to compare an epic poet like Homer with a lyricist like Musset. Let us then take for our comparison the poet whom the ancients ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Joseph Bajza wa* a lyricist of a ... whose songs and romances are of an artless and simple character, and the sacred lyricist B£la ..."

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