/ Dictionary / Index P Petrarchist: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Pe•trarch•ist Pronunciation: (pē'trär-kist, pe'-), [key] — n. a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, esp. the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Petrarchism petrel Related Content Daily Word Quiz: fervor Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language