rhymer

noun

Definition of rhymernext
as in lyricist

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  1. lyricist
  2. sonneteer
  3. troubadour
Noun
  • Payne, a gifted lyricist and voracious listener, had a steeper climb to find his own sound.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That first season featured iconic lyricists Yip Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Lerner and, on May 2, 1971 – shortly after Follies premiered on Broadway – a young Stephen Sondheim in his very first public speaking appearance.
    Jane Levere, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of lyricist
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of sonneteer
Noun
  • The Eagles, who sold more than a hundred and fifty million albums, rode a tide of surly melancholy and bell-bottom jeans much further than anyone expected, and Henley viewed himself not merely as a celebrity with lawyers on call but as a troubadour in the heroic tradition.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • At the very least, it can be traced back to the late troubadour Melanie, a.k.a. Melanie Safka.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of troubadour
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