eulogist

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English eulogy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English eulogist From eulogy + -ist.

1. A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
2. A person who praises another person or thing.

   “I consider, that so far as what is called military renown is concerned, the American Navy needs no eulogist but History.”

   “I am his eulogist; but I am not in love with him. If he were to ask me to be his wife to-morrow, I should be distressed, and should refuse him.”