rhapsode

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/ˈɹæpˌsoʊd/

noun

One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not necessarily a writer of poetry.

OriginAncient Greek ῥαψῳδός →
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Meanings

nounrhapsode (plural rhapsodes)

plural rhapsodes

  1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not necessarily a writer of poetry.

    Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?

    1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Ion
  2. The interpreter of a poem.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekῥαψῳδός
  2. Ancient Greekῥαψῳδός
  3. Englishrhapsode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós).

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Translations

Esperanto rapsodo
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German Rhapsode
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Polish rapsod
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Spanish rapsoda
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Chicago

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