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psalmist

/ˈsɑːmɪst/

psalmist noun: a composer of psalms.

Noun (1)

psalmist (plural psalmists)

  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.1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Return of the Native […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC, book I (The Three Women), page 157
  2. (capitalized) A composer of one of the Biblical Psalms.
    • The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC
    • Either man is the creature whom the Psalmist described as "a little lower than the angels," crowned with glory and honor, holding "dominion over the works" of his Creator; or man is a soulless, animated machine to be enslaved, used and consumed by the state for its own glorification.1955 January 6, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Third State of the Union Address

Noun (2) capitalized: Psalmist

Psalmist (plural Psalmists)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of psalmist.

Forms of psalmist

pluralpsalmists
pluralPsalmists

Origin of psalmist

From psalm + -ist.

Questions about psalmist

What does psalmist mean?
Psalmist means a composer of psalms.
What part of speech is psalmist?
Psalmist is a noun.
How do you pronounce psalmist?
Psalmist is pronounced /ˈsɑːmɪst/.
What is the plural of psalmist?
The plural of psalmist is psalmists.

Words near psalmist in the dictionary

  1. psalme
  2. psalmed
  3. psalmes
  4. psalmic
  5. psalming
  6. psalmist
  7. psalmister
  8. psalmisters
  9. psalmistries
  10. psalmistry
  11. psalmists

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