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Definition of Lyricist
1. Noun. A person who writes the words for songs.
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Specialized synonyms: Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Hart, Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, Lerner, Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Derivative terms: Lyric
Definition of Lyricist
1. Noun. A person who writes the lyrics of a song. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lyricist
1. one who writes the words for songs [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyricist
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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