rhapsode
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rhapsode (plural rhapsodes)
- One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not necessarily a writer of poetry.
- 1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Ion:
- Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?
- The interpreter of a poem.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rhapsode m (plural rhapsodes)
Further reading[edit]
- “rhapsode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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