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lyrist

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Definition of lyrist

as in poet

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Novelist and poet Wendell Berry spent his life farming his land for food and for prose.

— Tilda Wilson, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
April may be the cruelest month for poets, but September is crueler for stock traders.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of poet

Noun

Parton later served as the composer and lyricist for the musical.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
The kick-off of Rush’s Fifty Something Tour marked their first shows since the devastating loss of drummer and lyricist Neil Peart in January 2020, and the first Rush concerts, period, in 11 years.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of lyricist

Noun

Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.

— New York Times, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.

— Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018

Definition of poetaster

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Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Nolan sets the tone by opening with a bard (Travis Scott) beginning to tell the tale of the fall of Troy—at least the idealized heroic version that the bard’s audiences are hungry to hear.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of bard

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His directorial debut, Otherworld, made in collaboration with Odanak Abenaki writer and composer Mali Obomsawin, premiered at BlackStar in August 2025.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Alongside Gyllenhaal and Ben Hania, the jurists include English composer Daniel Blumberg, Italian professor Francesco Casetti, French writer-director Xavier Giannoli, Afghan writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Hong Kong director Johnnie To.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of composer

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The opera is composed by Grammy nominee Derrick Skye and the production’s artistic director, Diana Farrell, is the librettist.

— R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The description by the composer (who is also his librettist) can hardly be bettered.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of librettist

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