emblematist

English

Noun

emblematist (plural emblematists)

  1. A writer or creator of emblems.
    Synonym: emblemist
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
      Thus began the descriptions of griffins, basilisks, phenix, and many more; which emblematists and heralds have entertained with significations answering their institutions

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