as in poet
a person who writes poetry
I may not be a great poet, but I'm as good as those versifiers hired by the greeting card companies
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Recent Examples of versifier
Her language thus had its necessary counterpoint: the Bronx’s fullness against her poetry’s economy; the streetcorner’s pizzicato against her versifier’s swing.
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Helen Shaw, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2022
Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.
—Sarah Vitali, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
Helen Shaw, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2022
Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.
—Sarah Vitali, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for versifier
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At the end of the historic galleries, where light begins pouring into the building, visitors move above ground and pass by a quote from poet and Civil Rights activist Langston Hughes.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Their other brother, Brad, is a poet who followed his brothers into the Oz writers’ room and has since worked on shows like The Americans.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Like many such venues across America, the Kempner also hosted lectures, minstrel shows, musicals, operas, plays and vaudeville acts, along with community events such as school graduations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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His grandfather Daniel was a miner who would perish in an underground accident, and his great uncle George owned a minstrel show that toured Western mining camps.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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“Versifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versifier. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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