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improvisator|ɪmˈprɒvɪzeɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. in L. form, from improvise, improvisate, after It. improv(v)isatore, F. improvisateur.]
One who improvises or composes extempore: an improviser. spec. of Old English verse.
1795W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XVIII. 125 The Italian improvisator never attempts a ballad without striking his mandolino. 1829Carlyle Misc. Ess., Novalis (1872) II. 183 The old guild of literary Improvisators. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Eloq. Wks. (Bohn) III. 28 The world knows pretty well the style of these improvisators [Eastern story-tellers]. 1915W. W. Lawrence in PMLA XXX. 400 A direct quotation of the lay sung by the improvisator. 1928― Beowulf & Epic Trad. 261 Each individual poet..adapting, with the adroitness of the improvisator, bygone legends to the demands of special occasions. |