rhapsodist
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rhapsodist \Rhap"so*dist\, n. [From {Rhapsody}.]
1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody;
especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses
of Hormer and other epic poets.
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2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood;
one who makes and repeats verses extempore.
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The same populace sit for hours listening to
rhapsodists who recite Ariosto. --Carlyle.
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3. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great
excitement or affectation of feeling. --I. Watts.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "rhapsodist":
Don Quixote, Meistersinger, Parnassian, Quixote, addict, arch-poet,
ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladmonger, bard,
beat poet, bucoliast, bug, collector, daydreamer, demon, dreamer,
dreamer of dreams, eager beaver, elegist, energumen, enthusiast,
epic poet, escapist, faddist, fanatic, fiend, fili, folk singer,
folk-rock singer, freak, gleeman, great one for, hobbyist, hound,
idealist, idyllist, imagist, infatuate, jongleur, laureate,
librettist, lotus-eater, major poet, maker, minnesinger,
minor poet, minstrel, modernist, nut, occasional poet, odist,
pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress, prophet,
pursuer, rhapsode, romancer, romantic, romanticist, satirist, scop,
seer, serenader, skald, sonneteer, street singer,
strolling minstrel, sucker for, symbolist, troubadour, trouveur,
trovatore, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, vers libriste,
vers-librist, visionary, wait, wandering minstrel, wishful thinker,
zealot
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