emblematistn.
/ɛmˈblɛmətɪst/ (a) One who invents or makes use of pictorial emblems. (b) One who composes allegories; an emblem-writer.
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. iii. 236 The pictures of Emblematists in the coats of severall families. View more context for this quotation
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 262 The Emblematists usually exprest fecundity by that Animal [sc. the Goat].
1861 Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 591 Hearts, and darts, and butterflies, and crosses, and crowns have always formed the stock in trade of Emblematists.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 138 Alciato, the famous lawyer and emblematist.
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