satirist
pronunciation
How to pronounce satirist in British English:
UK [ˈsætərɪst]
How to pronounce satirist in American English:
US [ˈsætərɪst]
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- Noun:
- a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
Word Origin
- satirist (n.)
- 1580s; see satire (n.) + -ist.
Example
- 1. To paraphrase the satirist tom lehrer , it makes a fellow proud to be a banker .
- 2. " No man is an island , " the 17th-century english poet , satirist , lawyer and priest john donne once said .
- 3. Mr sarkozy , a satirist 's delight , once declared that he preferred " an excess of caricature to an excess of censorship " .
- 4. The great american satirist h. l. mencken once declared that " nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the great american public " .
- 5. One of his opponents during the contest was chip saltsman , the former tennessee republican chairman who sent friends a christmas gift of songs by the satirist paul shanklin , including the track : " barack the magic negro " .