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Word: rhapsode (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A rhapsodist.
  • One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry: ''Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?'' (Plato's Ion)
  • The interpreter of a poem: ''Socrates: Then you rhapsodists are the interpreters of the poets?'' (Plato's Ion)

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