amorist

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The two Shaws of greatest interest are the antiwarrior and the amorist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Faint amorist, what, dost thou think To taste Love's honey, and not drink One dram of gall? or to devour A world of sweet, and taste no sour?

From A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sidney, Philip, Sir

The other, under the title of "Eloisa to Abelard," versifies the Latin letters of that distinguished amorist to her lover.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

He is riding to his death, the fool amorist.

From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Frizzy straight-cut masses that would have charmed Rossetti abounded, and one gentleman, who was pointed out to Graham under the mysterious title of an "amorist," wore his hair in two becoming plaits à la Marguerite.

From The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)