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rimester

[rahym-ster]
noun
  1. rhymester.
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rhymester

or rime·ster

[rahym-ster]
noun
  1. a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
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Origin of rhymester

First recorded in 1710–20; rhyme + -ster

Synonyms

versifier.
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Examples from the Web for rimester

Historical Examples

  • Did you not ask, Madamoiselle, why against this one rimester a hundred men were sent?

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Edmond Rostand

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for rimester

rimester

noun
  1. a variant spelling of rhymester
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rhymester

rimester rhymer or rimer (ˈraɪmə)

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