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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhapsode

Rhap′sode

(răp′sōd)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ῥαψω,δός
. See
Rhapsody
.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A rhapsodist.
[R.]
Grote.

Definition 2024


rhapsode

rhapsode

English

Noun

rhapsode (plural rhapsodes)

  1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry
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      Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival? (Plato's Ion)
  2. The interpreter of a poem
  3. A rhapsodist.

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French

Noun

rhapsode m (plural rhapsodes)

  1. rhapsodist
  2. rhapsode