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Recent Examples of rhapsodist
In Joe Wright’s musical adaptation of the mistaken-identity romance set in 17th century France, the rhapsodist soldier (Peter Dinklage) readies for war with Spain and pines for the unattainable Roxanne (Haley Bennett).
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
These rhapsodists were actually Metropolitan Opera stars, cutting loose on their night off with a slightly different art form on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend.
—Michael Cooper, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
These rhapsodists were actually Metropolitan Opera stars, cutting loose on their night off with a slightly different art form on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend.
—Michael Cooper, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhapsodist
sonneteer
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Her counterpart is Nigel's love interest, Portia (Autumn Hurlbert), who defies her double entendre-dropping Puritan father, Brother Jeremiah (Scott Cote), to pursue the sonneteer.—
Kerry Reid,
chicagotribune.com,
13 July 2017
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A sonnet is addressed to an indifferent object of passion; even if the actual lover warms up, the sonneteer can’t become too easily complacent—a dark lady suddenly sunny produces no one’s idea of a poem.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2017
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“Rhapsodist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodist. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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