[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

panegyrist \pan"egyr`ist\, n. l. panegyrista, gr.
   panhgyristh`s, one who attends a panh`gyris: cf.
   panhgyri`zein to celebrate or attend a public festival, to
   make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly.
   see panegyric.
   one who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or
   praises, either by writing or speaking.
   1913 webster

         if these panegyrists are in earnest.     --burke.
   1913 webster
see also:
panegyric 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

panegyrist
     n : an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics syn: eulogist
see also:
eulogist 

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