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Webster 1913 Edition

Metaphrast

Met′a-phrast

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

métaphraste

.]

A literal translator.

Webster 1828 Edition

Metaphrast

MET'APHRAST

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Noun.

A person who translates from one language into another, word for word.

Definition 2024

metaphrast

metaphrast

English

Noun

metaphrast ‎(plural metaphrasts)

A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
A metaphrast has re-written Ian McEwan's book Atonement as a poem.