"aphorist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aphorists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} aphorist (plural aphorists)
  1. A person who creates or recites aphorisms. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: aphoristic Translations (person who writes or recites aphorisms): aforista [masculine] (Czech), aforistiker [common-gender] (Danish), aforisti (Finnish), Aphoristiker [masculine] (German), Aphoristikerin [feminine] (German), nathaí [masculine] (Irish), nathaíodóir [masculine] (Irish), nathaire [masculine] (Irish), nathánaí [masculine] (Irish), aforista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), aforistiker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aforistikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aforysta [masculine] (Polish), aforystka [feminine] (Polish), aforista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), aforistiker [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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