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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sat-er-ist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæt ər ɪst



Definition of satirist

Origin :
  • 1580s; see satire (n.) + -ist.
  • As in misanthropist : noun cynic
  • As in cynic : noun nonbeliever
  • As in humorist : noun comedian
Example sentences :
  • I am sure, at least, that Nature never meant him for a satirist.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • So very right, that I believe no satirist could breathe this air.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • The novelist may be only an observer; the satirist must be a thinker.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
  • It is rather the keen, bright thrust of the satirist that saves the day.
  • Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
  • Human life, of course, I mean, viewed with the eye of the satirist!
  • Extract from : « The Madonna of the Future » by Henry James
  • He was not a mocker, or a leveller, or a satirist, or an atheist.
  • Extract from : « A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon » by John Lord, A.M.
  • Don Pedro was a born joker, and felt conceit in his powers as a satirist.
  • Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
  • The problem that the satirist faced in the sixties was, then, formidable.
  • Extract from : « The Methodist » by Evan Lloyd
  • I suppose this book might make Mr. Jacks memorable as a satirist.
  • Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton
  • This book established Sydney Smith's reputation as a satirist.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson

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