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Meaning of SATIRIST

Pronunciation:  'saturist

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
 
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 Synonyms: ironist, ridiculer
 
 See Also: Dean Swift, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Francois Rabelais, humorist, humourist, Jonathan Swift, Juvenal, Rabelais, Swift

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sat"ir*ist\, n. [Cf. F. satiriste.]
One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.
      The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread terror
      through the Whig ranks.                  --Macaulay.
 
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