Rimer

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
  2. 2
    A rhymer; a versifier. obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, Ohio, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rime + -er.

Etymology 2

* As an English surname, from a medieval form of rhymer (“one who rhymes”). * As a Jewish and German surname, spelling variant of Riemer.

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