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Paraphrast

Paraphrast \Par"a*phrast\, n. [L. paraphrastes, Gr. ?: cf. F. paraphraste.] A paraphraser.
--T. Warton.

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paraphrast

n. (context rare English) someone who paraphrases

Usage examples of "paraphrast".

Lucifer, the paraphrast comes to the Biblical part of the story, he follows the sacred text with servile fidelity, omitting no detail, however prosaic.