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Rhymer

Rhymer \Rhym"er\, n. One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be.
--Milton.

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rhymer

n. 1 (context archaic English) A minstrel. 2 One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.

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rhymer

n. a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) [syn: rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser]

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Rhymer

Rhymer may refer to:

  • Rhymer (actor), an actor in a seasonal folk play
  • Rhymer (poet), a bad poet
  • Thomas the Rhymer, 13th century Scottish laird and reputed prophet

Usage examples of "rhymer".

Virgin so as not to tear her gossamery maidenhead, the frangibility of which was likened by Thomas the Rhymer unto that of crisp silk, and whose rupture would have detheologized the Western World, catastrophically orphaning us all.

Arthur Johnstone had celebrated in Latin verse, and regarding which Thomas the Rhymer had uttered prophecies, Campbell, unnoticed, followed Miss Bloomer, in the hope that fortune would favour him some day.

Therefore I grieve, as well I might, Because of my poetic plight-- Though bards and rhymers all I scorn, Alack!

Mrs Rhymer acted for her as a sort of unofficial curator bonis, receiving her money and depositing it in the black box, of which she kept the key.

Using it, a patrol ship surveying the Rhymer passage could change its message and add warning of a newly discovered meteor stream, the future approach of a burned-out solar system, or a new patch of cosmic dust.

I saw her last on Samhain Eve, so long ago, when Thomas the Rhymer got loose from Faery.