paraphrast

American  

[par-uh-frast] / ˈpær əˌfræst /

noun

1. a person who paraphrases.

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Etymology

Origin of paraphrast

1540–50; < Late Latin paraphrastēs < Greek paraphrastḗs, derivative of paraphrázein to retell in other words, equivalent to para- para- ¹ + phrad- , base of phrázein to tell, declare + -tēs agent noun suffix, with dt > st

Example Sentences

The brazen serpent was called the Word by the Chaldee paraphrast.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

Except in inserting the prayer and the Benedicite, the paraphrast draws only from the canonical part of the book of Daniel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

A deepe blush on sweet Mercy's face ledd to ye detection of ye paraphrast, and drew on her some deserved commendations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

In short, FitzGerald was more properly a paraphrast than a translator.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

The word in these two texts, usually translated shoe by the Chaldee paraphrast, in the latter is rendered glove.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac