rimester

[ rahym-ster ]

/ ˈraɪm stər /

noun

rhymester.

Nearby words

rimbaud, arthur, rime, rime riche, rime suffisante, rimer, rimester, rimfire, rimini, rimless, rimmed, rimmed steel

Definition for rimester (2 of 2)

rhymester

or rime·ster

[ rahym-ster ]

/ ˈraɪm stər /

noun

a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.

Origin of rhymester

First recorded in 1710–20; rhyme + -ster

SYNONYMS FOR rhymester

versifier.

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Examples from the Web for rimester

The song was popular; some rimester in the Tonah Basin camp had written the parody for the tormenting of the drill crews.
Two Thousand Miles Below|Charles Willard Diffin
Did you not ask, Madamoiselle, why against this one rimester a hundred men were sent?
Cyrano de Bergerac|Edmond Rostand

British Dictionary definitions for rimester (1 of 2)

rimester

/ (ˈraɪmstə) /

noun

a variant spelling of rhymester

British Dictionary definitions for rimester (2 of 2)

rhymester

rimester rhymer or rimer (ˈraɪmə)

/ (ˈraɪmstə) /

noun

a poet, esp one considered to be mediocre or mechanical in diction; poetaster or versifier

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