† roundeleern.
Obsolete. rare.
A writer or composer of roundels (roundel n. 11).
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1838 J. R. Best in tr. P. Gringore Rondeaulx 10 The subsequent boast of the roundeleer (let this word be permitted for mine own especial use; it will not be abused by others, and we have its parallel ‘sonnetteer’).
1888 R. L. Stevenson Epil. ‘Inland Voy.’ in Scribner's Mag. Aug. 250/1 Mr. Lang, Mr. Dobson, Mr. Henley, and all contemporary roundeleers.
1894 Bookworm 7 242 You have the fitting place for the old French roundeleers and ballade-makers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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