Originally: a professional storyteller or reciter of poetry (cf. disour, n.). Subsequently (originally Scottish): a poetic narrator; a poet; (more…
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > recitation of poetry > [noun] > one who (5) sayer?a1400 Originally: a professional storyteller or reciter of poetry (cf. disour, n.). Subsequently (originally Scottish): a poetic narrator; a poet; (more… rhapsodist1690 In extended use: a reciter of poems. rhapsode1867 gen. A reciter of poems; = rhapsodist, n. 2b. rare. poetry reader1930 (a) an anthology of poems, esp. one for use as a school textbook (cf. reader, n. 6); (b) a person who reads poetry, esp. one who recites poetry for… toaster1974 A person who recites a ‘toast’ (toast, n.3 1). Cf. toast, v.3 1. |
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