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