Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a composer of sacred songs;
- Example: "David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Psalmist \Psalm"ist\, n. [L. psalmista, Gr. ?: cf. F. psalmiste.
See Psalm.]
1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title
particularly applied to David and the other authors of the
Scriptural psalms.
[1913 Webster]
2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of
music, in the church.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
psalmist
n 1: a composer of sacred songs; "David is called The Psalmist
because he is believed to be the author of the Book of
Psalms"