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phrasemaker

[ freyz-mey-ker ]

/ ˈfreɪzˌmeɪ kər /

noun

a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.

a person who makes catchy but often meaningless or empty statements.

Origin of phrasemaker

First recorded in 1815–25; phrase + maker

OTHER WORDS FROM phrasemaker

phrase·mak·ing, noun

Words nearby phrasemaker

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Example sentences from the Web for phrasemaker

And the pleasure of seeing herself as rebel and phrasemaker was no less keen than the pleasure of goodness.

The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes |Israel Zangwill
Here the phrasemaker is king; as the one-eyed is king in the empire of the blind.

International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 |Various