"lyrist" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lyre",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "lyre + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "lyre + -ist",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyrists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lyrist (plural lyrists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ist",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 36 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Musicians",
          "orig": "en:Musicians",
          "parents": [
            "Music",
            "Occupations",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 2, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times",
          "text": "On “Kabibi” he connects breezily with the Tanzanian singer and thumb pianist Anania Ngoliga; on “Pakugyenda Balebauo,” also in Tanzania, he trades phrases with a lyrist named Warema Masiaga Cha Cha. The title track, which Mr. Fleck wrote in his own style, features the Malian ngoni players Bassekou Kouyate and Haruna Samake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who plays the lyre."
      ],
      "id": "en-lyrist-en-noun-jRdf16ky",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A person who plays the lyre."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪɹɪst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪɹɪst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyrist"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyrists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lyrist (plural lyrists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 80 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 84 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyricist"
      ],
      "id": "en-lyrist-en-noun-ZsOAlAnM",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "lyricist",
          "lyricist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) lyricist"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lyrical poet"
      ],
      "id": "en-lyrist-en-noun-hjE9VREC"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪɹɪst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyrist"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ist",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪɹɪst",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪɹɪst/2 syllables",
    "en:Musicians",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lyre",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "lyre + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "lyre + -ist",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyrists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lyrist (plural lyrists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 2, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times",
          "text": "On “Kabibi” he connects breezily with the Tanzanian singer and thumb pianist Anania Ngoliga; on “Pakugyenda Balebauo,” also in Tanzania, he trades phrases with a lyrist named Warema Masiaga Cha Cha. The title track, which Mr. Fleck wrote in his own style, features the Malian ngoni players Bassekou Kouyate and Haruna Samake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who plays the lyre."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A person who plays the lyre."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪɹɪst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪɹɪst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyrist"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "en:Musicians",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyrists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lyrist (plural lyrists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lyricist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "lyricist",
          "lyricist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) lyricist"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lyrical poet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪɹɪst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyrist"
}