rhymester

English

Etymology

From rhyme +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

rhymester (plural rhymesters)

A rhymer; a poetaster
- 1771, Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling, London: Cassell, published 1886, page 117:
  [...] “Whether vanity is the cause of our becoming rhymesters or not,” answered Harley, “it is a pretty certain effect of it. [...]

Translations

rhymer, inferior poet

Bulgarian: стихоплетец m (stihopletec)
French: rimeur (fr) m, rimeuse (fr) f
German: Dichterling (de) m, Verseschmied (de) m, Verseschmiedin f, Versemacher m, Versemacherin f, Reimschmied m, Reimschmiedin f, Reimemacher m, Reimemacherin f
Ido: poeteto, poetacho
Volapük: (♂♀) lupoedan (vo), (♂) hilupoedan, (♀) jilupoedan

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