allegorist
(ˈælɪgərɪst)
[f. allegorize: cf. baptize, baptist. See -ist.]
One who constructs allegories, or writes allegorically; rarely, one who expounds allegorically.
| 1684 T. Burnet Theor. Earth iii. 49 It cannot be understood..as these allegorists pretend. 1756 J. Warton Ess. Pope (1782) II. §8. 34 The pencil of Spenser is as powerful as that of Rubens, his brother allegorist. 1841 D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1859) II. 123 Every tale is accompanied by the gloss of a pious allegorist. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 228 Bunyan is..decidedly the first of allegorists. |