eulogist

English

Etymology

From eulogy +‎ -ist.

Noun

eulogist (plural eulogists)

1. A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
2. A person who praises another person or thing.
   • 1850, Herman Melville, chapter 90, in White Jacket:

     I consider, that so far as what is called military renown is concerned, the American Navy needs no eulogist but History.

   • 1867, Anthony Trollope, chapter 27, in Phineas Finn:

     I am his eulogist; but I am not in love with him. If he were to ask me to be his wife to-morrow, I should be distressed, and should refuse him.

Translations

a speaker who delivers a funeral oration for a deceased person

• Arabic: مَدَّاح m (maddāḥ)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} მეხოტბე (mexoṭbe)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} adhmholtóir m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} panegirista (it) m or f
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} ard-voylleyder m

a person who praises another person or thing

• Arabic: مَدَّاح m (maddāḥ)
• Georgian: მეხოტბე (mexoṭbe)
• Irish: adhmholtóir m
• Italian: panegirista (it) m or f
• Manx: ard-voylleyder m