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al⋅le⋅go⋅rist

  [al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist]
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–noun
a person who uses or writes allegory.
Origin:
1675–85; allegor(ize) + -ist
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al·le·go·ry   (āl'ĭ-gôr'ē, -gōr'ē)   
n.   pl. al·le·go·ries

    1. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.

    2. A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories.

  2. A symbolic representation: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.


[Middle English allegorie, from Latin allēgoria, from Greek, from allēgorein, to interpret allegorically : allos, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots + agoreuein, to speak publicly (from agora, marketplace; see ger- in Indo-European roots).]
al'le·go'rist n.
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