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VERSIFIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does versifier mean?
• VERSIFIER (noun)
The noun VERSIFIER has 1 sense:
1. a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
Familiarity information: VERSIFIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
poetiser; poetizer; rhymer; rhymester; versifier
Hypernyms ("versifier" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Derivation:
versify (compose verses or put into verse)
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