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See definition of metrist on Dictionary.com
  • as inpoet
  • as inpoetaster
  • as inpoetess
  • as inrhymer
  • as inrhymester
  • as inversifier

synonyms for metrist

  • artist
  • author
  • dramatist
  • lyricist
  • writer
  • bard
  • dilettante
  • librettist
  • lyrist
  • maker
  • odist
  • parodist
  • rhymer
  • versifier
  • balladist
  • poetaster
  • rhapsodist
  • rimer
  • sonnetist
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How to use metrist in a sentence

It readily appears that Chaucer was a great metrist, and bestowed many new forms of metre upon our literature.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCER
He was our first great metrist, and has frequent references to his poetical art.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCER
As a metrist, therefore, Ramsay can claim little or no attention.
ALLAN RAMSAYWILLIAM HENRY OLIPHANT SMEATON
In all this there is soothingness, indeed, but no slumberous monotony; for Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer.
ENGLISH VERSERAYMOND MACDONALD ALDEN, PH.D.
Dryden, too, approves of Fairfax, considered at least as a metrist.
EARLY THEORIES OF TRANSLATIONFLORA ROSS AMOS
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WORDS RELATED TO METRIST

  • artist
  • author
  • balladist
  • bard
  • dilettante
  • dramatist
  • librettist
  • lyricist
  • lyrist
  • maker
  • metrist
  • odist
  • parodist
  • poetaster
  • rhapsodist
  • rhymer
  • rimer
  • sonnetist
  • versifier
  • writer
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.