\Pan"e*gyr`ist\, n. [L. panegyrista, Gr. ? one who
attends a ?: cf. ? to celebrate or attend a public festival,
to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly.
See {Panegyric}.]
One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or
praises, either by writing or speaking.

      If these panegyrists are in earnest.     --Burke.