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satirist

[ sat-er-ist ]

noun

  1. a writer of satires.
  2. one who indulges in satire.


satirist

/ ˈsætərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who writes satire
  2. a person given to the use of satire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of satirist1

First recorded in 1580–90; satire + -ist
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Example Sentences

Indeed, not long prior to this, the satirist Samuel Butler had speculated that humans, in their headlong pursuit of automated convenience, were withering into nothing but a “sort of parasite” upon their own industrial machines.

Birth-order scholars observe that some of history’s great satirists—Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain—were among the youngest members of large families, a pattern that continues today.

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Pryor had yet to become the volatile social satirist who unnerved white industry executives and delighted black audiences.

Foul-mouthed chauvinist who flirted with chicks in a hot tub or celebrity-friendly sociopolitical satirist?

Because ultimately Westlake was not this kind of writer, or that kind, not a crime writer, or a satirist, or a comedian.

On Friday, Sept. 12, fans of the political satirist will be in for a special treat.

From Romantic squish to scabrous satirist to rebel wrangler to, finally, Ambassador of Goodwill.

The humorist and satirist lost no opportunity of deriding the new fashion and its followers.

To what “mute inglorious” satirist we are indebted for this lasting compliment we shall probably never now determine.

It must be confessed that Nash is chiefly famous as a caustic pamphleteer and an unscrupulous satirist.

The critic steps in between this satirist and the poet—steps in to mediate.

As a satirist Bierce was the best America has produced,xxiv perhaps the best since Voltaire.

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