Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Panegyrist \Pan"e*gyr`ist\, n. [L. panegyrista, Gr. ? one who
   attends a ?: cf. ? to celebrate or attend a public festival,
   to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly.
   See {Panegyric}.]
   One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or
   praises, either by writing or speaking.

         If these panegyrists are in earnest.     --Burke.

Source : WordNet®

panegyrist
     n : an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics [syn: {eulogist}]