Psalmist
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A composer of psalms.
"An environment which would have made a contented woman a poet, a suffering woman a devotee, a pious woman a psalmist, even a giddy woman thoughtful, made a rebellious woman saturnine."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of psalmist. alt-of
- 3 a composer of sacred songs wordnet
- 4 A composer of one of the Biblical Psalms. capitalized
"The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says."
Synonyms
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More examples"An environment which would have made a contented woman a poet, a suffering woman a devotee, a pious woman a psalmist, even a giddy woman thoughtful, made a rebellious woman saturnine."
Etymology
From psalm + -ist.
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