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.
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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
Noun
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The feature by Calvo and Ambrossi, who are known popularly as Los Javis, explores LGBT heritage and pays tribute to murdered Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca through the interconnected stories of three men in the three different eras of 1932, 1937 and 2017.
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The effect was probably not present in the English of Chaucer, nor standard in the later speech of Shakespeare, on the basis of the words that these poets think are rhymes.
Noun
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Blues developed after the Civil War (1861–65) and was influenced by 19th-century work songs and field hollers, minstrel show music, ragtime, and church music such as spirituals and hymns, as well as the folk and popular music of white Southerners.
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Gangsta rap’s effectiveness as a prosecutorial tool, like the minstrel shows before it, depends on audiences mistaking caricature for authenticity, and hinges on hearing artistic expression as documentary evidence of criminal actions.
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“Versifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versifier. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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