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LYRICIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who writes the words for songs
Synonyms:
lyricist; lyrist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lyricist" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Instance hyponyms:
Gershwin; Ira Gershwin (United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983))
Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein II (United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960))
Hart; Lorenz Hart; Lorenz Milton Hart (United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943))
Alan Jay Lerner; Lerner (United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986))
Rice; Sir Tim Rice; Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944))
Derivation:
lyric (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number)
