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metrist
noun as in poet
noun as in poetaster
noun as in poetess
noun as in rhymer
noun as in rhymester
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It readily appears that Chaucer was a great metrist, and bestowed many new forms of metre upon our literature.
He was our first great metrist, and has frequent references to his poetical art.
As a metrist, therefore, Ramsay can claim little or no attention.
In all this there is soothingness, indeed, but no slumberous monotony; for Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer.
Dryden, too, approves of Fairfax, considered at least as a metrist.
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On this page you'll find 130 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to metrist, such as: artist, author, dramatist, lyricist, writer, and bard.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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