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Rhymer
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A minstrel. archaic
- 2 a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) wordnet
- 3 One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English rymare, from Old English rīmere (“a compouter, reckoner, calculator”), equivalent to rhyme + -er. Cognate with Dutch rijmer, German Reimer, Danish rimer, Swedish rimmare, Icelandic rímari. More at rhyme.
Etymology 2
From rhymer.
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