annualist en · NOUN
Etymology
From annual + -ist.
Meanings
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One who writes for, or edits, an annual.
On such occasions, the "reserved" pages were filled by some veteran annualist, like Mr. Alaric Attila Watts, editor of the "Literary Souvenir"; or perhaps Mr. Thomas Haynes Bailey, he who wrote "I'd be a Butterfly," and "Gaily the Troubadour," was persuaded to warble some such appropriate sentiment as this in the "Forget-Me-Not":
1908, Agnes Repplier, A happy half-century and other essays, The Accursed Annual:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| annualists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |