lyre
old use or literaryuk /ˈlɪr.ɪst/ us /ˈlɪr.ɪst/
a person who writes the words for songs, or lyric poetry (= short poems about personal thoughts and feelings):
He was ranked by contemporaries as one of the finest of American lyrists.
One of the panellists was a music columnist and popular-song lyrist by occupation.
Synonymlyricist
Lyrists were those who sang while accompanying themselves with the lyre.
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