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lyricist

noun

Definition of lyricist

as in poet

a person who writes lyrics and especially the words of a song The widely acclaimed lyricist has penned many of pop music's most famous songs.

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Recent Examples of lyricist In 1984, Baker married Emmy Award-winning lyricist and singer-songwriter Dory Previn, and the two eventually left Los Angeles to settle into an old farmhouse in Southfield, Massachusetts, the Berkshires. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026 Ashman, the show’s lyricist, had died in 1991, so Tim Rice was brought in to work with Menken. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026 The lyricist also touched on the impact of Houston, Texas, and his Nigerian heritage, and on his hope that The Bridge would serve as a conduit between those worlds and cultures. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 24 June 2026 As Sabbath’s primary lyricist during the Ozzy years, Geezer established heavy metal’s obsessions with dread, apocalypse, insanity, and the darker corners of spirituality. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lyricist

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Katherine Anne Porter City Lights, a bookstore and publishing house founded by the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1953, is closely associated with the Beat Generation of writers.

— J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 20 July 2026
There’s a long Greek tradition of setting modern Greek poetry to song, and the words my father sang came from the poet Manolis Anagnostakis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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Psych-folk upstart Dagmar Zuniga is taking her 2025 debut album for a road trip this fall, with a tour across America and Europe, and support from Japanese composer Yasuaki Shimizu.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Linney is Emma Dretzin, a musician and composer, and single mother of two daughters.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2026

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To set the tone, the debut evening featured a performance by actress, singer, and songwriter Suki Waterhouse.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 24 July 2026
Like any songwriter worth his salt, Yorn is reluctant to give too much away, so that listeners can interpret the lyrics for themselves.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 23 July 2026

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