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emblematist|ɛmˈblɛmətɪst|
[f. Gr. ἐµβληµατ- stem of ἔµβληµα (see emblem) + -ist.]
a. One who invents or makes use of pictorial emblems.
b. One who composes allegories; an emblem-writer.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. iii. 236 The pictures of Emblematists in the coats of severall families. 1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 262 The Emblematists usually exprest fecundity by that Animal [the Goat]. 1861Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 591 Hearts, and darts, and butterflies, and crosses, and crowns have always formed the stock in trade of Emblematists. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 138 Alciato, the famous lawyer and emblematist. |