metrician

noun

me·​tri·​cian

me‧ˈtrishən,

mə̇‧ˈ-

plural -s

: a composer in or student of meter : metrist

Word History

Etymology

French métricien, from mètre (poetic) meter (from Middle French metre) + -icien -ician

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