paraphrasistn.
/pəˈrafrəsɪst/, U.S. /pəˈræfrəsəst/ rare.
A paraphrast, paraphraser.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > paraphrase > [noun] > one who paraphrases
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1884 Manch. Examiner 4 July 5/3 The plan, says the paraphrasist, was evidently one for ‘a military rising, directed by the General’.
2001 Re: Paganism versus Satanism in alt.pagan (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Aug. Maybe he just didn't know how to give citation, or was just a poor paraphrasist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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