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Rhapsode

/ˈɹæpˌsoʊd/

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

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noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The interpreter of a poem.

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rhapsodistnounOne who reads or interprets poetry aloud; one who rhapsodizes.
rhapsodizernounOne who rhapsodizes.
readernounA person who reads.
recitationistnounOne who gives a recitation; a public reciter.
improvisatorenoun(poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
poetnounA person who writes poems.
poetasternounAn unskilled poet.
rhetornoun(archaic) A rhetorician.
versificatornounSomeone who writes verse; a poet.
minstrelnoun(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
adoxographernoun(rhetoric) One who composes adoxography.
makernounSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
hymnernounOne who sings or recites a hymn.
rhetoriciannounAn orator or eloquent public speaker.
reciternounOne who recites.
recitalistnounA person who performs in recitals.
versemakernounOne who composes verses; a poet.
lyricologistnounA master of lyrics, particularly of freestyle rap lyrics.
speakernounOne who speaks.
performernounOne who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

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