rhymester
- noun
- /ˈraɪmˌstər/
- Offensive
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poetastro
- Many people consider him a rhymester because he often writes simple poems for children's books.
Examples
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She would defy those businessman-skeptics who, when she knocked on their office doors in 1910, could not be persuaded that the magazine would be anything but a home, in Monroe's words, for "petty rhymesters under soft feminine editorship."
Blog text (4) -
Thus, in the words of one contemporary rhymester: PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (1997) -
The audience enjoyed the lighthearted verses of the local rhymester at the town fair.
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Although he was labeled a minor rhymester, his playful poetry often brought joy to his readers.
Synonyms
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7.8
A person who writes lines that end with the same sounds
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9.7
A person who writes poems and is often not highly respected as a poet
A person who writes bad rhymes to get attention
A person who writes poor-quality poems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rhymester comes from rhyme and the ending -ster, which meant 'person who does' and you can see it in words like spinster or teamster. So a rhymester is someone who writes rhymes, and the word is often used in a slightly insulting way to mean a 'minor' or 'not very good' poet.